Saurashtra
/saʊˈɹɑːstɹə/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One of a community of Indian people who had their original homes in Gujarat.
Proper Noun
- 1 A region and peninsula Gujarat, India.
- 2 An Indo-Aryan language spoken by these people.
- 3 An Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saurashtra people.
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Gujarati સૌરાષ્ટ્ર (saurāṣṭra) or its etymon Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra), vriddhi form of सुराष्ट्र (surāṣṭra), from सु- (su-, “good”) + राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “realm, dominion”).
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Saurashtra ꢱꣃꢬꢵꢰ꣄ꢜ꣄ꢬ (saurāṣṭra), from Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra, “from Saurashtra”).