चव्हाटा

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Marathi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

PIE word
*kʷetwóres

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑀢𑀼𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*catuvaṭṭa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Compare Gujarati ચોવટ (covaṭ), ચૌટું (cauṭũ), ચોવાટ (covāṭ), ચોવાટે (covāṭe), Sindhi چَؤواٽو / चौवाटो, چَؤوَٽ / चौवटि, Marwari चौवटौ (cauvṭau), चौहटौ (cauhṭau), Nepali चौबाटो (caubāṭo), Maithili चौबट्टी (caubaṭṭī) / 𑒔𑒾𑒥𑒙𑓂𑒙𑒲 (caubaṭṭī).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

चव्हाटा (cavhāṭām

  1. meeting point of four roads
    Synonym: चौक (cauk)

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “चव्हाटा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 43.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “चव्हाटा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 275
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “चवाठा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1156.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*caturvartman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 250