ખેંખડો

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Gujarati

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a red crab on sand
ખેંખડો

Etymology

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Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (kakkaḍa), from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, crab), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, crab), a Munda language.[1] Cognate with Assamese কেঁকোৰা (kẽküra), Bengali কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa), Hindi केकड़ा (kekṛā), Kamta কাঁকৰা (kãkora), Marathi खेकडा (khekḍā), and Odia କାଂକଡ଼ା (kāṅkaṛā), କାକାଡ଼ା (kākāṛā),

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈkʰeːŋ.kɽɔ/ (phonetic respelling:ખેઙ્ક્ડ઼ૉ)
  • Rhymes:
  • Hyphenation: ખેં‧ખડો

Noun

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ખેંખડો (kheṅkhḍom

  1. crab
    Synonym: કરચલો (karaclo)

Declension

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Declension of ખેંખડો
Singular Plural
nominative ખેંખડો (kheṅkhḍo) ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā), ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
oblique ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā) ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
vocative ખેંખડા (kheṅkhḍā) ખેંખડાઓ (kheṅkhḍāo)
instrumental ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe) ખેંખડાએ (kheṅkhḍāe)
locative ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe) ખેંખડે (kheṅkhḍe)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karkaṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press