मराठी बोलींचे सर्वेक्षण

Survey of Dialects of the Marathi Language

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Broom – 4 (Small-sized Broom )

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The lexical variants presented in the note below are arranged according to their frequency of occurrence in the survey data-from most frequent to least frequent.

‘Broom’ (jʰaḍu) is a small-sized broom used to clean stone mills (jatə) and dewhara, a wooden case for idols worshipped inside the house. The following variation was noted for this concept in different regions of Maharashtra:

pʰəḍa, pʰəḍuli, čʰoṭa pʰəḍa, pʰəḷa, pʰəḍli, lʰan pʰəḷa, pʰəḍi, pʰəḍe, pʰərka, jaḍu, jʰaḍu, barka jʰaḍu, jʰaḍni, moljʰaḍu, muḷači jʰaḍṇe, piṭjʰaḍni, lakjʰaḍni, ləhan jʰaḷəni, ǰʰanni, čʰoṭi jʰaḍṇi, cəurači jʰaru, jʰaḍna, barki jʰaru, čʰoṭa jʰaḍu, jʰaḍuli, kuñcla, kuči, kuca, kuča, kučya, kuñcəli, kussa, kiši, kuši,saḷuta, sauta, saḷta, piṭʰaca saḷuta, saḷati, saḷota, saḷuti, , səḷato, səlata, ləhan saḷuta, kersuni, molači kersuni, širəy, šira, širau, širai, širaw, širawi, maṅɡači širaw, barik širaw, beri, bayra, bahəri, bʰayḍi, wahri, piṭbʰari, pʰulbʰari, buḍuk, buḍči, buḍukʰ, buḍkʰa, buḷukʰ, buḷukə, burkuṇḍ, burkʰənḍ, širaicə bəccə, bəčə, bəccə, muḍɡa, muɡḍe, murɡuḍa, muḍɡan, pisoṇḍi, pisunə, pisundri, pisoḷi, piṭoḷi, ləkšmi, bunḍaṭ, buṇḍi, pillə, məyer, moyaḷa, moya, mayaru, warwəni, molači waḍwən, waḍʰwən, wərwən, bucaṭnə, bucəṭ, mol, moḷ, ɡʰoḷ, boḷ, mowḷa, səraṭa, brəš, pocara, kəisar, kəsur, barki, halti, halta,harto, soḍən, soḍan, sarən, san, kʰuṭaro, kʰuṭṭa, newaḷ, newaḷi, sukli, potni, ,basor, baswəro, bərəs, baḷni, ɡoṇḍa, soḍan, dʰar, muṭʰamba, šipli, pʰaṭəkni, məcər, sayaḷu, paluk, ṭʰopul, čəwaḍ, jʰəṭki, bucəḍ, ǰʰəṭəkni, kʰəjri, sindʰi, etc.

The adjectives ləhan ‘small/short’, barik ‘small/short’, čʰoṭa ‘small/short’ are used to indicate its smaller size in comparison to a regular-sized broom. Apart from these, the small broom is also named after its function in different regions: ǰʰəṭəkni, sarən, etc.