પહાડ

Gujarati
પહાડ (pahāḍ, “mountain”)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀟 (*pāhāḍa, “mountain”). Cognate with Bengali পাহাড় (pahaṛ), Hindi पहाड़ (pahāṛ), Nepali पहाड (pahāḍ), Punjabi ਪਹਾੜ (pahāṛ), .

Pronunciation

Noun

પહાડ • (pahāḍ) m

  1. mountain
    Synonyms: પર્વત (parvat), ગિરિ (giri), કોહ (koh)
  2. hill
    Synonyms: ડુંગર (ḍuṅgar), જબલ (jabal), કોહ (koh)
  3. (figurative) a large pile, heap

Further reading
  • “પહાડ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • “પહાડ”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • The template Template:R:gu:Edalji does not use the parameter(s): 
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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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