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Gaudian

Gaudian adjective: new Indo-Aryan.

Adjective (1)

Gaudian (comparative more Gaudian, superlative most Gaudian)

  1. (obsolete) New Indo-Aryan.
    • I shall, therefore, when referring to these language, generally use the word Gauḍian, reserving at the same time the right to call them also Neo-Indo-Aryan when I wish to be scientifically accurate.1883, Sir George Abraham Grierson, Seven Grammars of the Dialects and Subdialects of the Bihárí Language, volume 1, →ISBN

Adjective (2)

Gaudian (comparative more Gaudian, superlative most Gaudian)

  1. Of or relating to Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), Spanish architect.

Forms of Gaudian

comparativemore Gaudian
superlativemost Gaudian

Origin of Gaudian

From Gaud (“name of various regions in India”) + -ian.

From Gaudí + -an.

Questions about Gaudian

What does Gaudian mean?
Gaudian means new Indo-Aryan.
What part of speech is Gaudian?
Gaudian is an adjective.

Words near Gaudian in the dictionary

  1. Gaudete Sunday
  2. Gaudets
  3. Gaudette
  4. Gaudettes
  5. gaudful
  6. Gaudian
  7. gaudier
  8. gaudies
  9. gaudiest
  10. gaudified
  11. gaudifies

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