Word history
Wiktionary derives the Gujarati surname પારેખ from Sanskrit parīkṣaka and distinguishes the related form parīkh. Monier-Williams records parīkṣaka as an examiner or judge, supplying the literal sense of the older word. The Gujarati form reduces the older consonant sequence. Parekh and Parikh preserve different vowels in Latin spelling. The lexical history explains a word for examination, without assigning a profession to any individual.
Sources: Wiktionary contributors · Gujarati entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 88249897 · Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword parīkṣaka, page 605, column 3, entry L119330
Literal dictionary sense
Native-script forms
Spelling variants
Parikh.
Sources and attribution
- Wiktionary contributors · Gujarati entry, etymology and noun sense; revision 88249897
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899) · headword parīkṣaka, page 605, column 3, entry L119330
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