English
khud
Khud comes from Hindi खड्ड ‘ravine’, from Prakrit खड्डा ‘hole’, and ultimately from Sanskrit 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀢.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCE𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀢kartá‘a hole, cavity’
- Prakritmodernखड्डा‘hole’
- Hindic. 1500–presentखड्ड‘ravine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1909khud
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCE𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀢kartá‘a hole, cavity’
- Prakritmodernखड्डा‘hole’
- Hindic. 1500–presentखड्ड‘ravine’
- Englishearliest quotation 1909khud
Earliest quotation: 1909, Rudyard Kipling, The Education of Otis Yeere. Part I.: “We are only little bits of dirt on the…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- ‘to cut’
Today it means
noun A steep cleft in a hillside; a ravine.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀢 / khud