सोनउं

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Old Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Gurjara Apabhramsa सोण्णउं (soṇṇaũ), from Prakrit सोअण्ण (soaṇṇa), सोवण्ण (sovaṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa), vṛddhi derivative of सुवर्ण (suvárṇa).

Noun

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सोनउं (sonaüṃn

  1. gold
    • c. 14th century, Vasantavilās 71b:
      मुरकलइं मुह मचकोडइ मोडइ ललवल अंगु।
      वानि सोवन्न वखोडइ लोडइ नितु नवु रंगु।
      murakalaïṃ muha macakoḍaï moḍaï lalavala aṃgu.
      vāni sovanna vakhoḍaï loḍaï nitu navu raṃgu.
    • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 45:
      मरकत-मणि साथीय कूयलउं। पीत कंति सोना-नउं तलउं।
      पदमराग-थांभा रूयडा। चित्रि लिख्या सारस-सूयडा॥
      marakata-maṇi sāthīya kūyalaüṃ. pīta kaṃti sonā-naüṃ talaüṃ.
      padamarāga-thāṃbhā rūyaḍā. citri likhyā sārasa-sūyaḍā.
      [a splendid pavilion adorned] with a delicate svastika of emerald and a floor of lovely yellow gold,
      beautiful with ruby pillars, and pictures of sāras-birds and parrots

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References

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  • Ernest Bender (1951) “sonā, sona”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita, Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 369, column 2.
  • मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी [Madhusudan Chimannlal Modi] (1960) “सोवन्न”, in वसन्त विलास, जोधपुर, राजस्थान [Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान [Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute], page ९१, column 2.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvárṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779