𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘲

Marathi

Noun

𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘲 • (dāḍhī) f

1. Modi script form of दाढी

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

• 𑘚𑘰𑘮𑘚𑘲 (ḍāhaḍī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀠𑀺𑀆 (dāḍhiā), from Sanskrit 𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘱𑘎𑘰 (dāḍhikā). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਦਾੜੀ / دَاڑِی (dāṛī /⁠dāṛhī⁠/), Old Hindi दाढ़ी (dāṛhī), Old Awadhi दाढ़ी (dāṛhī).

Noun

𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘲 (dāḍhī) f (Devanagari दाढी)

1. beard
   • c. 1270 – 1350, Nāmadeva, Śrīnāmadeva Gāthā (Dāṇḍekar edition) 79.5:

     𑘐𑘻𑘟𑘻𑘮𑘡𑘰𑘩𑘰𑘐𑘲𑘽 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘲 𑘝𑘹 𑘄𑘙𑘝𑙁
     𑘪𑘹𑘜𑘲 𑘁𑘭𑘽𑘚𑘲𑘝 𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘲𑘭𑘽𑘐𑘹𑘽𑙂

     godohanālāgīṃ gopī te uṭhata.
     veṇī āsaṃḍīta dāḍhīsaṃgeṃ.

   • 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 13.756:

     𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘲 𑘭𑘰𑘄𑘩 𑘠𑘨𑘲𑙁 𑘦𑘰𑘡 𑘮𑘰𑘩𑘄𑘡𑘲 𑘪𑘰𑘨𑘲𑙁
     𑘝𑘨𑘿‍𑘮𑘲𑘽 𑘕𑘻 𑘎𑘨𑘲. 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘧𑘹𑘓𑘰 𑘁𑘪𑘹𑘫𑘳 𑙂𑙗𑙕𑙖𑙂

     dāḍhī sāula dharī. māna hālaunī vārī.
     tar‍hīṃ jo karī. prāyecā āveśu .756.

     • 1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh Pradhan

       the beard grows grey, he shakes his head in refusal,
       but still seeks after what he desires.

Descendants

• Marathi: dāḍhī

  Devanagari script: दाढी

  Modi script: 𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘲

• Varhadi: dāḷī

  Devanagari script: दाळी

  Modi script: 𑘟𑘰𑘯𑘲

• → Kannada: ದಾಡಿ (dāḍi)
• → Malayalam: താടി (tāṭi)
• → Tamil: தாடி (tāṭi)
• → Telugu: దాడి (dāḍi)

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “दाढी”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 325.
• Panse, Murlidhar Gajanan (1953) “दाढी”, in Linguistic Peculiarities of Jñāneśvarī, Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 366, column 2.
• वेलिंगकर, रामचंद्र नारायण [Velingkar, Ramchandra Narayan] (1959) “दाढ”, in ज्ञानेश्वरीचें शब्द-भांडार [Lexicon of the Dnyaneshwari] (in Marathi), मुंबई [Mumbai]: मराठी संशोधन मंडळ [Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal], page 225, column 1.