राखिवुं

Middle Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ /⁠rākhivaüṃ⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्षति (rákṣati). Cognate with Middle Bengali রাখ (rakh).

Verb

राखिवुं (rākhivũ) (transitive)

1. to guard, to protect
   • 1624 – 1627, साधुसुन्दरगणी, उक्तिरत्नाकर page ३९, column २:

     राखइ रक्षति।

Descendants

• Gujarati: રાખવું (rākhvũ)

Further reading

• जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “राखिवुं”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश, लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi], page ४१७, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611