वाघ
Marathi
Etymology
| नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅg): वाघरू n (vāghrū) |
| पुल्लिंग (pulliṅg): वाघ m (vāgh) |
| स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg): वाघीण f (vāghīṇ) |
From Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘑 (vāgha), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀕𑁆𑀖 (vaggha), from Sanskrit व्याघ्र (vyāghrá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wyāgʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wyāgʰrás. Cognate with Gujarati વાઘ (vāgh), Hindi बाघ (bāgh), Punjabi ਬਾਘ (bāgh), Bengali বাঘ (bagh), Assamese বাঘ (bagh).
References
- Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “वाघ”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “वाघ”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vyāghrá (12193)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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