નારિયળ

Gujarati

Alternative forms

નારિયેળ (nāriyeḷ), નાળિયેર (nāḷiyer)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀏𑀮 (ṇāriela), from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela), from Dravidian. Doublet of નારગીલ (nārgīl). Cognate with Hindi नारियल (nāriyal).

Noun

નારિયળ • (nāriyaḷ) n

coconut
Synonym: શ્રીફળ (śrīphaḷ)
(humorous, slang) head
Synonym: માથું (māthũ)
the bowl of a hookah
Synonyms: કાચલી (kāclī), ઊલખો (ūlakho)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nārikēla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406

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