सहीली
Old Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀳𑀻 (sahī) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮- (-lla-), from Sanskrit सखी (sakhī, “woman's confidante; mistress”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sákʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷ-yo, from the root *sekʷ- (“to follow”). Cognate with Old Awadhi 𑂮𑂯𑂵𑂪𑂲 (sahelī).
Noun
[edit]- friend (of a woman)
Descendants
[edit]- Marwari: सहेली (sahelī)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sákhi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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- Old Gujarati terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Gujarati terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-
- Old Gujarati terms inherited from Prakrit
- Old Gujarati terms derived from Prakrit
- Old Gujarati terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀮𑁆𑀮-
- Old Gujarati terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Old Gujarati terms derived from Sanskrit
- Old Gujarati terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Gujarati terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Old Gujarati terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Gujarati lemmas
- Old Gujarati nouns
- Old Gujarati feminine nouns