करवंद

Marathi

Alternative forms

• करवंदी (karvandī)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑀫𑀤𑁆𑀤 (karamadda), from Sanskrit करमर्द (karamarda). Cognate with Gujarati કરમદી (karamdī), Hindustani کَرَونْدَو / करौंदा (karaundā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəɾ.ʋən.d̪ə/

Noun

करवंद • (karvanda) f

1. conkerberry (Carissa spinarum)

Noun

करवंद • (karvanda) n

1. conkerberry
   • 1950, “जाळीमंदी पिकली करवंद [jāḷīmandī piklī karvanda, The conkerberries in the bush have ripened]”, in पुडचं पाऊल [puḍca pāūl], performed by माणिक वर्मा [māṇik varmā]:

     चला दोघं मिळुनी चढू टेकडीवर / चढता चढता धरा हात की वाट नसे रुंद / जाळीमंदी पिकली करवंद

     ċalā dogha miḷunī ċaḍhū ṭekḍīvara / ċaḍhtā ċaḍhtā dharā hāt kī vāṭ nase runda / j̈āḷīmandī piklī karvanda

     Let's climb up the hill together / Hold my hand as we go up because the path is not wide / The conkerberries in the bush have ripened

Further reading

• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “करवंद”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “करवंद”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “करवंद”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press