ગઢ

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Prakrit 𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha)

Gujarati ગઢ (gaḍh)

Inherited from Old Gujarati गढ (gaḍha), from Prakrit 𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha), from Sanskrit *गृध (gṛdha, “fort”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás (“enclosure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥dʰ-ó-s, from *gʰerdʰ- (“to enclose”). Cognate with Punjabi ਗਡ਼੍ਹ (gaṛh), Kumaoni गड़, Bengali গড় (goṛ), Hindi गढ़ (gaṛh), Marathi गढी (gaḍhī).

Noun

ગઢ • (gaḍh) m

1. fort
2. hill