अल्लड

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀟 (*allaḍa).[1] Compare Gujarati અલ્લડ (allaḍ), Hindustani اَلْہَڑ (alhaṛ) / अल्हड़ (alhaṛ), Sindhi الڙُ / अलड़ु, Punjabi ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ (allhaṛ) / الّھَڑ, Nepali अल्लड (allaḍ), अल्लढ (allaḍh).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /əl.ləɖ/

Adjective

अल्लड • (allaḍ)

  1. unexperienced, naive
  2. playful, childish

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

Further reading
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “अल्लड”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “अल्लड,_अल्हड”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “अल्लड,_अल्हड”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
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