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रोड़ा

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *rawḍas. Compare Punjabi ਰੋੜਾ (roṛā), Gujarati રોડું (roḍũ), Marathi रोडा (roḍā).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɾoː.ɽɑː/, [ɾoː.ɽäː]

Noun

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रोड़ा (roṛām

  1. a stone or brick fragment, brickbat
  2. (figuratively) an obstacle
    Synonyms: रोध (rodh), रुकावट (rukāvaṭ)
    पंद्रह केंद्रीय मंत्रालय बिल के रास्ते में रोड़े हैं।
    pandrah kendrīya mantrālay bil ke rāste mẽ roṛe ha͠i.
    The fifteen Central Ministries are obstacles in the path of the bill.

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ruṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press