ओवा

Ahirani

Alternative forms
  • वव्वा (vavvā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अजमोद (ajamoda) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Noun

ओवा (ovā) m

  1. ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi), or its seeds

Further reading
  • डॉ॰ रमेश सीताराम सूर्यवंशी [Dr Ramesh Sitaram Suryawanshi] (1997) “ओवा / वव्वा”, in आहिराणी शब्दकोश (आहिराणी - मराठी) [Ahirani Dictionary (Ahirani - Marathi)]‎ (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: अक्षय प्रकाशन [Akshaya Prakashan], →ISBN, page 87, column 1; republished कन्नड तालुका, औरंगाबाद जिल्हा [Kannad Taluka, Aurangabad District]: अभ्यासिका प्रकाशन [Abhyasika Prakashan], 2013.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ajamōda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 8

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अजमोद (ajamoda) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /o.ʋa/
  • Hyphenation: ओ‧वा
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

ओवा • (ovā) m

  1. ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi), or its seeds

Further reading
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ओंवा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 121
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ओवा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 493.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ajamōda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 8
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