ગરજવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Adapted from Sanskrit ગર્જતિ (gárjati).[1] Doublet of ગાજવું (gājvũ). Compare Hindustani گَرَجْنَا (garajnā) / गरजना (garajnā), Marathi गरजणे (garajṇe), Punjabi ਗਰਜਣਾ (garjaṇā) / گَرجݨا (garjṇā), Maithili गरजब (garᵊjab) / 𑒑𑒩𑒖𑒥 (garajaba).

Verb

ગરજવું • (garajvũ)

  1. for the sky to thunder
  2. to roar, below like the thunder
    • 1928, ઝવેરચંદ કાળીદાસ મેઘાણી, “ચારણ-કન્યા”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      સાવજ ગરજે / વનરાવનનો રાજા ગરજે
      sāvaj garje / vanrāvanno rājā garje
      the lion roars / the king of the forest roars

References
  1. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गरजना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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