હોડી

Gujarati

Etymology

From a feminine form of Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀳𑁄𑀟 (*hoḍa), from Sanskrit होड (hoḍa), from a Dravidian language (compare Kannada ಓಡ (ōḍa, “boat”) with voiced retroflex), from Proto-Dravidian *cōṭam (“boat”), from *cōṭ- (“to run”).[1][2] Compare Hindi होड़ी (hoṛī), Marathi होडी (hoḍī), Dhivehi އޮޑި (oḍi).

Noun

હોડી • (hoḍī) f

  1. boat, ferry, particularly one of small size

Descendants
  • → Arabic: هُورِيّ (hūriyy)
    • → Swahili: hori
    • → Tigre: ሆሪ (hori)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hōḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 200.
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