गादी

See also: गंद, गंदा, गदा, गुद, गुदा, and गोद

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit गर्त (gárta); Gujarati ગાદી (gādī); Hindustani گَدَّا (gaddā) / गद्दा (gaddā), گَدِّی (gaddī) / गद्दी (gaddī); Sindhi گڏو / गडो॒ (gaɗo), گڏِي / गडी॒ (gaɗī), گادِي / गादी (gādī); Punjabi ਗੱਦੀ (gaddī) / گَدِّی (gaddiī); Nepali गादी (gādī); Maithili गद्दा (gaddā) / 𑒑𑒠𑓂𑒠𑒰 (gaddā), गद्दी (gaddī) / 𑒑𑒠𑓂𑒠𑒲 (gaddī); Odia ଗାଦି (gadi); Bengali গাদা (gada); Assamese গাদী (gadi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.d̪i/, [ɡa.d̪iː]

Noun

गादी • (gādī) f

1. matress
2. seat of power (as of a king)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गादी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गादी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “गादी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*garda²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press