Speakur

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saurashtra

/saʊˈɹɑːstɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables
saurash-tra
IPA
/saʊˈɹɑːstɹə/
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A region and peninsula Gujarat, India.

name

An Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saurashtra people.

noun

One of a community of Indian people who had their original homes in Gujarat.

name

An Indo-Aryan language spoken by these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gujarati સૌરાષ્ટ્ર (saurāṣṭra) or its etymon Sanskrit सौराष्ट्र (saurāṣṭra), vriddhi form of सुराष्ट्र (surāṣṭra), from सु- (su-, “good”) + राष्ट्र (rāṣṭra, “realm, dominion”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: सौराष्ट्र

Inflected Forms

Saurastra (alternative) Saurashtras (plural) Sourashtra (alternative)

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Saurashtra terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Saurashtra terms

Synonyms

Kathiawar Kathiawar peninsula Sorath

Questions

How do you pronounce saurashtra?
The recorded pronunciation is /saʊˈɹɑːstɹə/.
What does saurashtra mean?
A region and peninsula Gujarat, India.
Where does saurashtra come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

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