Etymograph

English

Odisha

Odisha comes from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଶା, and goes back to Sanskrit ओड्रदेश.

  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEओड्रदेशliterally ‘land of the Odras’
  2. Odiamodernଓଡ଼ିଶାoṛiśā
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Odisha

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEओड्रदेशliterally ‘land of the Odras’
  2. Odiamodernଓଡ଼ିଶାoṛiśā
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2025Odisha

Earliest quotation: 2025, Nikita Yadav, It's only early April and north India is bracing for extreme: “States like Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Odisha could…”

A compound of ओड्र ‘Odra’ + देश ‘land, country’

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱós ‘part, point, country’

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dayćás

Proto-Indo-Aryan *dayśás

Sanskrit देश ‘land, country’

The story

Borrowed from Odia ଓଡ଼ିଶା (oṛiśā), in turn derived from Sanskrit ओड्रदेश (oḍradeśa, literally “land of the Odras”), a compound of ओड्र (oḍra, “Odra”) + देश (deśa, “land, country”).

Every English word from Sanskrit ओड्रदेश

Today it means

name A state in eastern India. Capital and largest city: Bhubaneswar.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sanskrit ओड्रदेश / Odisha

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