नौठा
Bhojpuri
editAlternative forms
edit- नवठा (navᵊṭhā)
Etymology
editInherited 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
editनौठा (nauṭhā) m (Kaithi 𑂢𑂸𑂘𑂰)[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*navakāṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 401
- ^ 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
- ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “नौठा”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary][2] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 265