वाळू
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Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Marathi वाळू (vāḷū), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀼𑀆 (vāluā), from Sanskrit वालुका (vālukā). Cognate with Hindi बालू (bālū), Odia ବାଲି (bāli). False cognate of Marathi वाळणे (vāḷṇe, “to dry”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]वाळू • (vāḷū) f (plural वाळवा)
Derived terms
[edit]- वाळवंट (vāḷvaṇṭa, “desert, beach”)
References
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “वाळू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “वाळू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “वाळू”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vālukā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 675
Old Marathi
[edit]Noun
[edit]वाळू (vāḷū) m
- Devanagari script form of 𑘪𑘰𑘯𑘳
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