चव्हाटा

Marathi

Etymology

PIE word
*kʷetwóres

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*catuvaṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Compare Gujarati ચોવટ (covaṭ), ચૌટું (cauṭũ), ચોવાટ (covāṭ), ચોવાટે (covāṭe), Sindhi چَؤواٽو / चौवाटो, چَؤوَٽ / चौवटि, Marwari चौवटौ (cauvṭau), चौहटौ (cauhṭau), Nepali चौबाटो (caubāṭo), Maithili चौबट्टी (caubaṭṭī) / 𑒔𑒾𑒥𑒙𑓂𑒙𑒲 (caubaṭṭī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sə.ʋʱa.ʈa/

Noun

चव्हाटा • (cavhāṭā) m

1. meeting point of four roads

   Synonym: चौक (cauk)

Derived terms

• चव्हाट्यावर आणणे (cavhāṭyāvar āṇṇe, “to make public”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “चव्हाटा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary‎^[1], New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, page 43
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चव्हाटा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 275
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चवाठा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1156.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*caturvartman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 250