प्यादे

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Marathi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

प्यादं (pyāda)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian پیاده (piyāda, literally on foot), from Middle Persian [script needed] (pdʾtk' /⁠payādag⁠/). Compare Gujarati પ્યાદું (pyādũ), Hindustani پیادہ (pyādh), پیادا (pyādā) / प्यादा (pyādā), Kannada ಪ್ಯಾದೆ (pyāde), Punjabi ਪਿਆਦਾ (piādā) / پیادہ (peyādh), Bengali পিয়াদা (piẏada).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (formal) IPA(key): /pja.d̪e/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /pja.d̪ə/

Noun[edit]

प्यादे (pyāden

  1. (chess) pawn

See also[edit]

Chess pieces in Marathi · बुद्धिबळातील सोंगट्या (buddhibḷātīl soṅgaṭyā) (layout · text)
♚ ♛ ♜ ♝ ♞ ♟
राजा (rājā) वजीर (vajīr),
राणी (rāṇī), मंत्री (mantrī)
हत्ती (hattī) उंट (uṇṭa) घोडा (ghoḍā) प्यादे (pyāde)

References[edit]

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “प्यादे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “प्यादें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “प्यादा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).