નારિયળ

Gujarati

નારિયળ

Alternative forms

• નારિયેળ (nāriyeḷ), નાળિયેર (nāḷiyer)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀏𑀮 (ṇāriela), from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela), from Dravidian. Doublet of નારગીલ (nārgīl). Cognate with Hindi नारियल (nāriyal).

Noun

નારિયળ • (nāriyaḷ) n

1. coconut

   Synonym: શ્રીફળ (śrīphaḷ)

2. (humorous, slang) head

   Synonym: માથું (māthũ)

3. the bowl of a hookah

   Synonyms: કાચલી (kāclī), ઊલખો (ūlakho)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nārikēla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406