हथीआर

Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

• हत्थीआर (hatthīāra)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀭 (hatthiyāra). Compare Old Marathi 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘲𑘊𑘨 (hātīera), 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘲𑘧𑘨 (hātīyara), 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘲𑘧𑘹𑘨 (hātīyera), 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘹𑘨 (hātera), 𑘮𑘰𑘞𑘲𑘊𑘨 (hāthīera), 𑘮𑘰𑘞𑘲𑘧𑘹𑘨 (hāthīyera), Old Punjabi ਹਥੀਆਰੁ (hathīāru).

Noun

हथीआर • (hathīāra) n

1. weapon

Descendants

• Gujarati: હથિયાર (hathiyār)
  • → Dhivehi: ހަތިޔާރު (hatiyāru)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*hastakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 811