राषिवउं

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati

Sanskrit रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï)

Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ)

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖏𑖂 (rakkhaï), from Prakrit रक्खइ (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati).

Cognates

Cognate with Old Hindi रषना (raṣanā /⁠rakhanā⁠/), Old Marathi 𑘨𑘰𑘎𑘜𑘹 (rākaṇe), 𑘨𑘰𑘏𑘜𑘹 (rākhaṇe), Old Punjabi ਰਖਿ (rakhi /⁠rakkhi⁠/), ਰਾਖਿ (rākhi).

Verb

राषिवउं • (rāṣivaüṃ /rākhivaüṃ/) (transitive)

1. to keep, protect, save
   • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 186:

     दासि-वचनि जाणी तिणि साखी। पाहिं अणावी नवि उलषी।
     बहुमानी राषी निज-पासि। चंद्रवती बेटीआ वासि॥

     dāsi-vacani jāṇī tiṇi sākhī. pāhiṃ aṇāvī navi ulaṣī.
     bahumānī rāṣī nija-pāsi. caṃdravatī beṭīā vāsi.

     Through the maid's talk she was made known to the queen [who] sent her companion to fetch her.
     She was not recognised and, protected with great honour, dwelt with her daughter, Candravatī.

Descendants

Descendants

• Middle Gujarati: राखिवुं (rākhivũ)
  • Gujarati: રાખવું (rākhvũ)
• Rajasthani:
  • Gojri: رَکْھنو (rakhno)
  • Malvi: राखणो (rākhṇo)
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: राखणौ (rākhṇau)

    Mahajani script: 𑅭𑅖𑅢𑅒 (rkhṇu /⁠rākhṇau⁠/)

  • Mewati: राखणो (rākhṇo)

References

More information

Further reading

• मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी [Madhusudan Chimannlal Modi] (1960) “राखणहारु”, in वसन्त विलास फागु [vasanta vilāsa phāgu], जोधपुर, राजस्थान [Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान [Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute], page 86, column 1: “65b ‘a preserver’, An agent-noun from राखइ”.