હોડી

Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-South Dravidian *cōṭ-

Proto-South Dravidian *cōṭamder.

Sanskrit होड (hoḍa)

Gujarati હોડી (hoḍī)

Inherited from Sanskrit होड (hoḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī), Marathi होडी (hoḍī), Dhivehi އޮޑި (oḍi).

Noun

હોડી • (hoḍī) f

1. boat, ferry, particularly one of small size

Descendants

• →? Arabic: هُورِيّ (hūriyy)
  • → Swahili: hori
  • → Tigre: ሆሪ (hori)

Further reading

• “હોડી”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.