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‖ gadi, gaddi|ˈgɑːdɪ, ˈgʌdɪ|
Also gadhi, gâdi, guddy, -ee.
[Marathi gādī, Bengali gādi, Hind. gaddī, lit. cushion.]
The cushioned throne of an Indian ruler; transf. = throne n. 5 a.
1855H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms. 1879E. Arnold Light of Asia ii. 333 The marriage feast was kept, as Sâkyas use, The golden gadi set, the carpet spread. 1886Yule & Burnell Hobson-Jobson s.v. Guddy, Guddee, ‘To be placed on the guddee’ is to succeed to the Kingdom. 1906Westm. Gaz. 6 Sept. 4/3 The Jâm died in 1895, whereupon this child was installed on the gâdi of Jamnagar by Colonel Hancock, then ‘Agent to the Governor’ in Kathiawar. 1923Blackw. Mag. Jan. 10/1 He had had a very narrow escape of being deposed from the gadi. 1927Times (weekly ed.) 29 Sept. 346/2 The Nawab of Bhopal succeeded to gadi on the death of the Begum his mother. 1960J. Masters Venus of Konpara 18 He succeeded to the gaddi, the cushion which was the Indian symbol of rule. 1961Times 23 Jan. (India Suppl.) p. viii/1 The welfare state has succeeded to the gaddi of Raja Sansar Chand. |