ପ୍ରଜାପତି

Odia

ପ୍ରଜାପତି (prôjapôti, “butterfly”)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रजापति (prajāpati, “lord of creatures”), with semantic shift (as butterflies were considered to be the most beautiful insects due to their appearance). Compare semantically Bengali প্রজাপতি (projapoti, “butterfly”) and Gujarati પ્રજાપતિ (prajāpti, “a type of worm, bug”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɾɔd͡ʒapɔt̪i/
Rhymes: -ɔt̪i

Noun

ପ୍ରଜାପତି (prôjapôti)

butterfly

References

Praharaj, Gopala Chandra (1931—1940) “ପ୍ରଜାପତି”, in Purnnacandra Odia Bhashakosha, Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press

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