કહેવત

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *कथावार्त्ता (kathāvārttā), from कथा (kathā) +‎ वार्त्ता (vārttā). The phoneme /ɛ/ originating from કહેવું (kahevũ), which derives from the same root as कथा (kathā). Cognate with Hindustani کَہاوَت / कहावत (kahāvat) and Marwari कैवत (kaivat).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈkə.ɦɛ.ʋət̪/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ̤ʋət̪/
• Hyphenation: ક‧હે‧વત
• Rhymes: -ət̪

Noun

કહેવત • (kahevat) f

1. proverb, saying, adage

   Synonyms: મસલ (masal), સૂત્ર (sūtra), લોકોક્તિ (lokokti)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*kathāvārttā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135

Further reading

• “કહેવત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
• “કહેવત”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.