કરચલો

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Gujarati[edit]

a red crab on sand
કરચલો

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्कट (karkaṭa, “crab”), with the word structure and semantic domain suggested borrowing from a substrate language; compare Santali ᱠᱟᱴᱠᱚᱢ (kaṭkôm, “crab”).[1] Cognate with Assamese কেঁকোৰা (kẽküra), Bengali কাঁকড়া (kãkoṛa), Kamta কাঁকৰা (kãkora), Sylheti ꠇꠣꠇꠠꠣ (xaxoṛa), Odia କାଂକଡ଼ା (kaṅkôṛa), କାକାଡ଼ା (kakaṛa), Hindi केकड़ा (kekṛā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkə.ɾət͡ʃ.lo/

Noun[edit]

કરચલો • (karaclo) m

  1. crab
    Synonym: ખેંખડો (kheṅkhḍo)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karkaṭa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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