अग्यारी

Marathi

अग्यारी

Alternative forms

• अगेरी (agerī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अग्न्यगार (agnyagārá), a calque of Classical Persian آتشکده (ātaškaḏa, literally “fire-house”): अग्नि (agni) +‎ आगार (āgāra). Cognate with Gujarati અગિયારી (agiyārī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɡ.ja.ɾi/, [əɡ.ja.ɾiː]
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

अग्यारी • (agyārī) f

1. (Zoroastrianism) fire temple, agiary

Further reading

• Berntsen Date, Molesworth, Tulpule/Feldhaus Vaze (2022) “अग्यारी”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Marathi Dictionaries]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agnyagārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 646