मेंड़
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Hindi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- मेड़ (meṛ)
Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. McGregor suggests a connection to मैड़ा (maiṛā, “platform for watching crops”), from Sanskrit मयट (máyaṭa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]मेंड़ • (mẽṛ) m
- embankment, dike (especially in a field)
Declension
[edit]Declension of मेंड़ (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- मेंड़तोड़ (mẽṛtoṛ)
References
[edit]- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “मेंड़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press