गड

See also: गड़ and गुड़

Marathi

Etymology

Compare Hindi गढ़ (gaṛh). Doublet of गड्डी (gaḍḍī, “a bundle of objects or fort”)

Noun

गड • (gaḍ) m

  1. a fort on a hill, a hill-fort
    Synonym: गिरिदुर्ग (giridurga)
  2. a fort or castle
    Synonyms: किल्ला (killā), दुर्ग (durga)

Derived terms
  • रायगड (rāygaḍ, “a district in Maharashtra and its namesake fort”)

References
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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