कवाईत
Marathi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian قواعد (qawā'id), from Arabic قَوَاعِد (qawāʕid), plural of قَاعِدَة (qāʕida). Related to कायदा (kāydā). Compare Gujarati કવાયત (kavāyat), Hindustani قَوَاعِد (qavā'id) / क़वायद (qavāyad), Kannada ಕವಾಯತು (kavāyatu), Telugu కవాతు (kavātu), Sindhi قَوَاعِدُ / क़वाइद, Punjabi ਕਵਾਇਦ (kavāida) / قَواعد (qauā‘d).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]कवाईत • (kavāīt) f
- drill (military exercise)
Further reading
[edit]- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “कवाईत”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “कवाईत,_कवाईद”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “कवाईत-द”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).