गोदावरी

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit गोदावरी (godāvarī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.d̪aʋ.ɾi/, [ɡo.d̪aʋ.ɾiː]

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāvarī) f

1. Godavari (a major river in the Indian Peninsula which flows through Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh)
2. a female given name, Godavari, from Sanskrit

Nepali

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡod̪äwʌɾi]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गोदाओरि

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāwarī)

1. Godavari (a city in Sudurpashchim, Nepal)

Declension

Declension of गोदावरी
	Singular
nominative	गोदावरी [ɡod̪äwʌɾi]
accusative	गोदावरीलाई [ɡod̪äwʌɾiläi]
instrumental/ergative	गोदावरीले [ɡod̪äwʌɾile]
dative	गोदावरीलाई [ɡod̪äwʌɾiläi]
ablative	गोदावरीबाट [ɡod̪äwʌɾibäʈʌ]
genitive	गोदावरीको [ɡod̪äwʌɾiko]
locative	गोदावरीमा [ɡod̪äwʌɾimä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

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Sanskrit

Etymology

From गो (go, “water”) + द (da, “what gives”). Literally "granting water or kine".

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐw.dɑː.ʋɐ.ɾiː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈd̪ɑː.ʋɐ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāvarī)

1. Name of a river in the Indian peninsula, the Godavari.

Descendants

• → Marathi: गोदावरी (godāvrī)
• → Telugu: గోదావరి (gōdāvari)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गोदावरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 365.