ಗುಡಿ

See also: ಗಡಿ and ಗಿಡ

Kannada

Etymology

Inherited from Old Kannada ಗುಡಿ (guḍi). Cognate with Telugu గుడి (guḍi). Compare Marathi गुढी (guḍhī).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡuɖi/

Noun

ಗುಡಿ • (guḍi)

  1. a small house, hut, cabin
  2. a small shrine, temple
  3. bunch, tuft (of flowers, grass)
  4. a flag

Declension
Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ಗುಡಿಯು (guḍiyu) ಗುಡಿಗಳು (guḍigaḷu)
Accusative ಗುಡಿಯನ್ನು (guḍiyannu) ಗುಡಿಗಳನ್ನು (guḍigaḷannu)
Instrumental ಗುಡಿಯಿಂದ (guḍiyinda) ಗುಡಿಗಳಿಂದ (guḍigaḷinda)
Dative ಗುಡಿಗೆ (guḍige) ಗುಡಿಗಳಿಗೆ (guḍigaḷige)
Genitive ಗುಡಿಯ (guḍiya) ಗುಡಿಗಳ (guḍigaḷa)

Old Kannada

Etymology

Cognate with Tamil குடி (kuṭi, “small house”), குடுமி (kuṭumi, “tuft”). Compare Sanskrit कुटी (kuṭī, “bundle, tuft”), a Dravidian borrowing. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ಗುಡಿ (guḍi)

  1. small house, hut; a small shrine or a temple
  2. a tuft, bundle
  3. a flag

Descendants
  • Kannada: ಗುಡಿ (guḍi)
  • → Old Marathi: 𑘐𑘳𑘛𑘲 (guḍhī)

Further reading
  • Dr. P. V. Narayana, editor (2007), “ಗುಡಿ”, in ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ ಪದಸಂಪದ [haḷagannaḍa padasampada, Halagannada Padasampada]‎ (in Kannada), Kannada Sahitya Parishattu
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