ପ୍ରଜାପତି

Odia

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾɔd͡ʒapɔt̪i/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔt̪i

Noun

ପ୍ରଜାପତି (prajāpati)

  1. butterfly

Further reading

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