English
gharial
Gharial comes from Hindi घड़ियाल.
- Hindic. 1500–presentघड़ियालghaṛiyāl
- Englishearliest quotation 1992gharial
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Hindic. 1500–presentघड़ियालghaṛiyāl
- Englishearliest quotation 1992gharial
Earliest quotation: 1992, John B. Thorbjarnarson, Harry Messel: “Placed in a family by itself, the Gavialidae, the…”
Every English word from Hindi घड़ियाल
Today it means
noun A crocodilian of species Gavialis gangeticus, of the family Gavialidae.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hindi घड़ियाल / gharial