काजळ

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘕𑘯 (kājaḷa), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀮 / कज्जल / ಕಜ್ಜಲ (kajjala), from Sanskrit कज्जल (kajjala). Compare Gujarati કાજળ (kājaḷ), કાજળી (kājaḷī), Hindustani کَاجَل (kājal) / काजल (kājal), Saurashtra ꢒꢙꢾꢭꢸ (kajelu), Sindhi ڪَجَلُ / कजलु / 𑊺𑋂𑋚𑋣 (kajalu), Nepali गाजल (gājal), Maithili काजर (kājar) / 𑒏𑒰𑒖𑒩 (kājara), Bengali কাজল (kajol), Assamese কাজল (kazol).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.d͡zəɭ̆/
• Hyphenation: का‧ज़ळ
• Rhymes: -əɭ̆

Noun

काज़ळ • (kāj̈aḷ) n (feminine काज़ळी)

1. collyrium, kajal, kohl

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “काजळ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 23.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “काजळ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 150
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “काजळ”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 661.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kajjala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 130