અઘરણી
Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Sanskrit *अग्रजनी (agrajanī). Cognate with Kachchi અઘેણી (agheṇī), અગેણી (ageṇī), Sinhalese අමදිනි (amadini).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈə.ɡʱəɾ.ɳi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: અ‧ઘર‧ણી
Noun
[edit]અઘરણી • (agharṇī) f
- a woman's first pregnancy
- બાપનું બારમું અને બાઈડીની અઘરણી ફરીફરીને આવતાં નથી.[2]
- bāpnũ bārmũ ane bāīḍīnī agharṇī pharīphrīne āvatā̃ nathī.
- A man has to preform but once in his life ceremonies on account of the death of his father and the first pregnancy of his wife.
- (literally, “[Your] father's funeral and [your] wife's first pregnancy do not happen again and again.”)
- the celebration of a woman's first pregnancy
Declension
[edit]| Declension of અઘરણી | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| oblique | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| vocative | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| instrumental | અઘરણી (agharṇī) | અઘરણીઓ (agharṇīo) |
| locative | અઘરણીએ (agharṇīe) | અઘરણીઓએ (agharṇīoe) |
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agrajanī-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 4
- ^ Mehta, Bhanusukhram Nirgunram, Mehta, Bharatram Bhanusukhram (1925) The Modern Gujarati-English Dictionary: (with Etymology, Idioms, Proverbs, Quotations, Botanical and Other Technical Terms)[1], Baroda: M. C. Kothari, page 14, column 1