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A Note on the Derivation of Hindi Ūbaṛ Khābaṛ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

Baburam Saksena
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For the Hindi term ūbaṛ khābaṛ ‘uneven or unshapely place or ground’, no satisfactory derivation has so far been suggested. The expression evidently originates from two words, of which the latter, khdbar, may be connected with Skt. kharva-, Pkt. khabba-, with the -ṛa suffixed as in so many other words of NIA. Skt. kharva- means ‘low, dwarfish’ according to Monier-Williams's Sanskrit-English dictionary, where it is cited from the lexicons, and this meaning may well fit in here.

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Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 1957 , pp. 507
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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1957

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