गोदावरी

Sanskrit

Etymology

From गो (go, “water”) + द (da, “what gives”). Literally "granting water or kine".

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɡɐw.dɑː.ʋɐ.ɾiː/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡoːˈd̪ɑː.ʋɐ.ɾiː/

Proper noun

गोदावरी • (godāvarī)

Name of a river in the Indian peninsula, the Godavari.

Descendants

Dravidian:
- Telugu: గోదావరి (gōdāvari)

References

Monier Williams (1899), “गोदावरी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 365.

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