बेडूक

Marathi

Etymology
पुल्लिंग (pulliṅg): बेडूक m (beḍūk)
स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg): बेडकी f (beḍkī)

From Old Marathi 𑘤𑘹𑘚𑘳𑘎 (beḍuka). Compare with Hindi मेंढक (meṇḍhak), मेंडक (meṇḍak), Gujarati દેડકો (deḍko).

Noun

बेडूक • (beḍuk) m

  1. frog

References
  • Maxine Berntsen (1982-1983), “बेडूक”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “बेडूक”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “बेडूक”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “biḍḍa (9238)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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