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Where does “अगाध” come from?

अगाध (Old Gujarati) comes from Sanskrit अगाध, from Sanskrit गाध, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeh₂- — to step.

अगाध (Old Gujarati): great

Definitions

  1. great

Ancestry of “अगाध”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअगाधnot shallow, deep, unfathomable; hole, chasm
2Sanskritगाधbottom, ford, shallows, standing-ground in water
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeh₂-to step
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