Bhojpuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Sanskrit *नवकाष्ठ (navakāṣṭha, new stick, new wood) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from नव (nava, new) +‎ काष्ठ (kāṣṭha, stick, wood).[1] Cognate with Maithili लवठा (lavᵊṭhā).

    Noun

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    नौठा (nauṭhām (Kaithi 𑂢𑂸𑂘𑂰)[2][3]

    1. a new plough
      Antonym: खुँटहरा (khũṭahᵊrā)
      Hypernym: हर (har)

    References

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    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*navakāṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 401
    2. ^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province[1], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press
    3. ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “नौठा”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎[2] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 265
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