टेकडी

Marathi

Etymology

नपुसकलिंग (napusakliṅga): टेकाड n (ṭekāḍ)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga): टेकडी f (ṭekḍī)

Compare Old Marathi 𑘘𑘹𑘎 (ṭeka, “a mound, a hillock”). Cognate with Gujarati ટેકરી (ṭekrī), Hindi टेकरी (ṭekrī), Punjabi ਟੇਕਰੀ (ṭekrī) / ٹیکری (ṭekrī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈek.ɖi/, [ʈek.ɖiː]

Noun

टेकडी • (ṭekḍī) f

1. small hill, hillock, knoll

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “टेकडी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “टेकडी,_टेंकडी”, 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) “टे(टें)कड-डें,_टे(टें)कडी”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭakka³”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press