પહાડ

Gujarati

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀟 (*pāhāḍa, “mountain”). Cognate with Nepali पहाड (pahāḍ), Punjabi ਪਹਾੜ (pahāṛ), Hindi पहाड़ (pahāṛ), Bengali পাহাড় (pahaṛ).

Noun

પહાડ • (pahāḍ) m

1. mountain

References

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