માછલી

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Gujarati[edit]

માછલી (māchlī, fish)

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Gujarati माछली (māchalī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆- (-ll-), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀙 (macha /⁠maccha⁠/), from Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Doublet of માહી (māhī), મચ્છ (macch), માછ (māch), and મત્સ્ય (matsya).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

માછલી (māchlīf (masculine માછલો, neuter માછલું)

  1. fish, a cold-blooded animal that lives in water
    Synonyms: મીન (mīn), વિસાર (visār), ઝષ (jhaṣ), ઝખ (jhakh), મત્સ્ય (matsya)

References[edit]

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