चौरंग

See also: चौरस

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀭𑀁𑀕 (caüraṃga) (compare Old Marathi 𑘓𑘼𑘨𑘽𑘐 𑘎𑘨𑘜𑘹 (cauraṃga karaṇe, “to chop off a person's limbs”), 𑘓𑘼𑘨𑘽𑘐𑘲 (cauraṃgī)), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (cáturaṅga). Compare Hindustani چَورَنگ (caurang) / चौरंग (cauraṅg), Assamese চৌৰাঙ্গ (souraṅgo), চৌৰাঙ্গী (souraṅgi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡səu.ɾəŋ.ɡə/

Noun

चौरंग • (ċauraṅga) m

1. square stool

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “चौरंग”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चौरंग”, 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) “चौरंग”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cáturaṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press