વાંદર

Gujarati

Alternative forms
  • વાંદરો (vā̃dro)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀡𑀭 (vāṇara), from Sanskrit वानर (vānara), vṛddhi derivative of वनर (vanara, “anything related to forest”), from वन (vana, “forest”) +‎ -र (-ra, adjectival suffix). Doublet of વાનર (vānar). Cognate with Assamese বান্দৰ (bandor), Bengali বাঁদর (bãdor), Hindi बंदर (bandar), Punjabi باندر / ਬਾਂਦਰ (bāndar), and Sindhi باندر / बांदरु (bāndru).

Pronunciation

Noun

વાંદર • (vāndar) m (feminine વાંદરી, neuter વાંદરું)

  1. monkey
    Synonym: વાનર (vānar)

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vānara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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