Word history

Monier-Williams (1899) records garuḍa with the sense “garuda”. Garuḍa is the mythological bird name recorded in the Sanskrit dictionary. गरुड is the Marathi written form, while the Sanskrit transliteration marks the retroflex consonant with a dot. The surname retains that bird name as a word. The explanation concerns a literary name, rather than a description of a living individual. The Sanskrit stem ends in a short vowel.

Sources: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword garuḍa, page 348, column 3, entry L63787

Literal dictionary sense

garuḍa: Mythical bird.

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword garuḍa, page 348, column 3, entry L63787

Native-script forms

गरुड · Devanagari

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