ગાંધી
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Gujarati
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit गान्धिक (gāndhika, “perfumer”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑn.d̪ʱi/
Noun
[edit]ગાંધી • (gā̃dhī) m
Proper noun
[edit]ગાંધી • (gā̃dhī) f
- a surname, equivalent to English Gandhi, traditionally of Vāṇiyā and Mēmaṇ usage. It was famously held by:
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948), for whom it is used mononymously
- Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)
- 1929, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, translated by Mahadev Desai, સત્યના પ્રયોગો અથવા આત્મકથા [The Story of My Experiments with Truth]:
- ગાંધી કુટુંબ પ્રથમ તો ગાંધિયાણાનો વેપાર કરનારું હોય એમ જણાય છે.
- gā̃dhī kuṭumb pratham to gā̃dhiyāṇāno vepār karnārũ hoya ema jaṇāya che.
- The Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers.