પોદળો
Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*pŏdda).[1] Related to પેંડો (peṇḍo, “peda”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈpod̪.ɭo/
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
પોદળો • (podḷo) m
- a lump of dung (of cattle)
- (idiomatic) idler, waste of space, do-nothing
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | પોદળો (podaḷo) | પોદળા, પોદળાઓ (podaḷā, podaḷāo) |
| oblique | પોદળા (podaḷā) | પોદળાઓ (podaḷāo) |
| vocative | પોદળા (podaḷā) | પોદળાઓ (podaḷāo) |
| instrumental | પોદળે (podaḷe) | પોદળાએ (podaḷāe) |
| locative | પોદળે (podaḷe) | પોદળે (podaḷe) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pēḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 475
Further reading
- “પોદળો”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.