गुजरात

See also: गुजराती

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊd͡ʒ.ɾɑːt̪/, [ɡʊd͡ʒ.ɾäːt̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːt̪

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā), from Sanskrit गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā, “country of the Gurjaras”), from गुर्जर (gurjara, “Gurjaras”).

Proper noun

गुजरात • (gujrāt) m (Urdu spelling گجرات)

1. Gujarat (a state in western India; capital: Gandhinagar)

Declension

Declension of गुजरात (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	गुजरात gujrāt
oblique	गुजरात gujrāt
vocative	गुजरात gujrāt

See also

• (states of India) भारत (bhārat) के प्रदेश (pradeś); अरुणाचल प्रदेश (aruṇācal pradeś), आसाम (āsām), आंध्र प्रदेश (āndhra pradeś), उड़ीसा (uṛīsā), उत्तर प्रदेश (uttar pradeś), उत्तराखण्ड (uttarākhaṇḍ), कर्नाटक (karnāṭak), केरलम／केरल (kerlam), गुजरात (gujrāt), गोवा (govā), छत्तीसगढ़ (chattīsgaṛh), जम्मू और कश्मीर (jammū aur kaśmīr), झारखंड (jhārkhaṇḍ), तमिल नाडु (tamil nāḍu), तेलंगाना (telaṅgānā), त्रिपुरा (tripurā), नागालैंड (nāgālaiṇḍ), पंजाब (pañjāb), पश्चिम बंगाल (paścim baṅgāl), बिहार (bihār), मणिपुर (maṇipur), मध्य प्रदेश (madhya pradeś), महाराष्ट्र (mahārāṣṭra), मिज़ोरम (mizoram), मेघालय (meghālay), राजस्थान (rājasthān), सिक्किम (sikkim), हरियाणा (hariyāṇā), हिमाचल प्रदेश (himācal pradeś) ^{(Category: hi:States of India)}

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੁਜਰਾਤ (gujrāt) / گجرات, derived from the name of the Gujjars.

Proper noun

गुजरात • (gujrāt) m (Urdu spelling گجرات)

1. Gujrat (a city in Punjab, Pakistan)

Declension

Declension of गुजरात (sg-only masc cons-stem)

	singular
direct	गुजरात gujrāt
oblique	गुजरात gujrāt
vocative	गुजरात gujrāt

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gurjaratrā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘐𑘳𑘕𑘨𑘰𑘝 (gujarāta), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā), from Sanskrit गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā, “country of the Gurjaras”), from गुर्जर (gurjara, “Gurjaras”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡud͡z.ɾat̪/

Proper noun

गुजरात • (guj̈rāt) m

1. Gujarat (a state in western India)

References

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गुजरात”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गुजरात”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).