हळू

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘮𑘯𑘳 (haḷu), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀼𑀅 (halua), which is the metathesis of Sanskrit लघु (laghú)[1][2]. Cognate with Hindi हरुआ (haruā), Sindhi ھرِڙو‎ / हरिड़ो (hariṛo), Punjabi ਹੌਲਾ (haulā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦə.ɭ̆u/, [ɦə.ɭ̆uː]

Adjective

हळू • (haḷū)

  1. slow

Adverb

हळू • (haḷū)

  1. slowly
    Synonyms: दमाने (damāne), सावकाश (sāvkāś)
  2. quietly

Derived terms
  • हळूवार (haḷūvār, “slowly”)
  • हळूवारपणे (haḷūvārapṇe)
  • हळूहळू (haḷūhḷū)

References
  1. Jules Bloch (1920) La Formation de la Langue Marathe [The Formation of the Marathi Language]‎, Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass, published 1970, page 175
  2. Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 355.
  • Berntsen, Maxine, “हळू”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “हळू”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “हळु”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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