कोड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *koraḍas. Cognate to Punjabi ਕੋਰੜਾ (korṛā), ਕੋੜਾ (koṛā), Nepali कोर्रा (korrā), Gujarati કોરડો (korḍo), Bengali কোড়া (kōṛa), Marathi कोरडा (korḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /koː.ɽɑː/, [koː.ɽäː]

Noun

कोड़ा • (koṛā) m

1. whip

   Synonyms: चाबुक (cābuk), साँटा (sā̃ṭā), चुटक (cuṭak)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “koṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kōraḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press