𑀮𑁄𑀠

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लोठ (loṭha).

Noun

𑀮𑁄𑀠 (loḍha) (Devanagari लोढ)

1. a rolling pin

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: loṛhā
    • Hindi: लोढ़ा
    • Urdu: لوڑھا
• Eastern:
  • Old Bengali: লোঢা
    • Middle Bengali: লোড়া (lōṛa)
      • Bengali: নোড়া (nōṛa), লোড়া (lōṛa)
  • Bihari: लोढ़ा (loṛhā), लोढ़ी (loṛhī)
• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: लोडो (loṛo)
  • Nepali: लोहोरो (lohoro)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: loṛhā

    Gurmukhi script: ਲੋੜ੍ਹਾ

    Shahmukhi script: لوڑھا

  • Sindhi: loṛha, loṛhi

    Arabic script: لوڙهَ, لوڙهِ

    Devanagari script: लोढ़, लोढ़ि

• Western:
  • Gujarati: લોઢ (loḍh)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “लोढ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “loḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press