गड

See also: गड़ and गुड़

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Gujarati ગઢ (gaḍh), Doublet of गड्डी (gaḍḍī, “a bundle of objects or fort”)

Noun

गड • (gaḍ) m

a fort on a hill, a hill-fort
Synonym: गिरिदुर्ग (giridurg)
a fort or castle
Synonyms: किल्ला (killā), दुर्ग (durg)

Derived terms

रायगड (rāyagaḍ, “a district in Maharashtra and its namesake fort”)

References

James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “गड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gaḍha (3986)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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