What is the origin of the word Kutch or Kachchh?

2 Comments:

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   Hemang

   September 12, 2007 at 8:46 am

   One theory is that the shape of Kutch is like a ‘turtle’ = “kachhbo” = KACHCHH.
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   prashant

   September 12, 2007 at 5:37 pm

   Right. As per wikipedia :
   “Kachchh literally means something which intermittently becomes wet and dry; large part of this district known as Rann of Kachchh is shallow wet-land which submerges in water during the rainy season and becomes dry during other seasons. The same word is also used in the languages of Sanskrit origin for a tortoise and garments to be worn while having a bath. It is interesting to note that when its map viewed upside down, it resembles a tortoise”