वांचइ
Appearance
Old Gujarati
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- वाचइ (vācaï)
Etymology
[edit]Adapted from Sanskrit वाचयति (vācayati, “to cause to speak”).[1][2] Compare Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘓𑘜𑘹 (vācaṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘔𑘜𑘹 (vāchaṇe).
Verb
[edit]वांचइ • (vāṃcaï)
- to read
Descendants
[edit]- Gujarati: વાંચવું (vā̃cvũ)
References
[edit]- ^ Bloch, Jules (1915/1920) La formation de la langue marathe (in French), Paris: Édouard Champion; republished as Dev Raj Chanana, transl., The Formation of the Marathi Language[1], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970, page 394
- ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाँचना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press