બિલાડું
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Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit बिडाल (bíḍāla, “cat; eyeball”).[1] Cognate with Hindustani بِلار / बिलार (bilār).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Gujarati) IPA(key): /ˈbi.lɑ.ɽũ/
- Rhymes: -ũ
- Hyphenation: બિ‧લા‧ડું
Noun
[edit]બિલાડું • (bilāḍũ) n (masculine બિલાડો, feminine બિલાડી)
- cat (of unspecified gender)
Declension
[edit]Declension of બિલાડું | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
nominative | બિલાડું (bilāḍũ) | બિલાડાં (bilāḍā̃), બિલાડાંઓ (bilāḍā̃o) |
oblique | બિલાડા (bilāḍā) | બિલાડાંઓ (bilāḍā̃o) |
vocative | બિલાડા (bilāḍā) | બિલાડાંઓ (bilāḍā̃o) |
instrumental | બિલાડે (bilāḍe) | બિલાડાંએ (bilāḍā̃e) |
locative | બિલાડે (bilāḍe) | બિલાડે (bilāḍe) |
Synonyms
[edit]- મીનડું (mīnḍũ)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bíḍāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 522
Further reading
[edit]- “બિલાડું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.