એરણ

Gujarati

એરણ (eraṇ, “anvil”)

Etymology

Inherited from Gurjar Apabhramsa अहिरणि (ahiraṇī), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀕𑀭𑀡𑀻 (ahigaraṇī), from Sanskrit अधिकरणी (adhikaraṇī́).

The anatomy sense is a semantic loan from English anvil.

Cognate with Hindi अहेरन (aheran), Kachchi એણ (eṇa), Marathi अहिरण (ahiraṇ), ऐरण (airaṇ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Gujarati) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾəɳ/
Rhymes: -əɳ
Hyphenation: એ‧રણ

Noun

એરણ • (eraṇ) f

anvil, a heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade
(anatomy) incus, anvil, a small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear.

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