लोही

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas

Sanskrit लोहित (lohita)

Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia)

Old Gujarati लोही

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia), from Sanskrit लोहित (lohita), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwdʰitas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-.

Noun

लोही • (lohī) ?

1. blood

Descendants

Descendants

• Gujaratic:
  • Gujarati: લોહી (lohī)
• Rajasthani:
  • Western Rajasthani:
    • Marwari: लोई (loī)
    • Mewari: लुई (luī)

References

• Ernest Bender (1951), “lohī”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 363, column 2.