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करुआर

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Bhojpuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Dravidian *kay?
    Proto-Dravidian *wāḷ?
    Sanskrit करवाल (karavāla)
    Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (karavāla)
    Bhojpuri करुआर (karuār)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (karavāla, “sword”), from Sanskrit करपाल (karapāla), करवाल (karavāla, “sword”); see there for more.[1] Cognate with Hindi करवाल (karvāl), Gujarati કરવાલ (karvāl).

    Noun

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    करुआर (karuār) m (Kaithi 𑂍𑂩𑂳𑂄𑂩)[2][3]

    1. bamboo oar, paddle
    2. the iron clamp used to prevent the ploughshare from falling off

    References

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    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karapāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141: “Bi. karuār 'paddle'”
    2. ^ Arjun Tiwari (2019) “करुआर”, in भोजपुरी-हिंदी शब्दकोश [Bhojpuri-Hindi Dictionary]‎[1] (in Hindi), Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh: University Publications, page 64
    3. ^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎[2], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 3
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