रंगारी

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Sanskrit -कार (-kāra)

Sanskrit रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra)

Marathi रंगारी (raṅgārī)

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀆𑀭 (*raṃgaāra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓- (-ika-), from Sanskrit रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾəŋ.ɡa.ɾi/, [ɾəŋ.ɡa.ɾiː]

Noun

रंगारी • (raṅgārī) m

1. painter, dyer

Further reading

• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “रंगारी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 681
• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “[1]”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅgakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611