सोषना

Old Hindi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शोषयति (śoṣáyati). Cognate with Old Punjabi ਸੋਖਿ (sokhi), Old Marathi 𑘫𑘻𑘬𑘜𑘹 (śoṣaṇe), 𑘫𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘹 (śokaṇe), 𑘫𑘻𑘏𑘜𑘹 (śokhaṇe), 𑘭𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘹 (sokaṇe), 𑘭𑘻𑘏𑘜𑘹 (sokhaṇe), Old Bengali সোষই.

Verb

सोषना (soṣanā /sokhanā/) (transitive)

1. to suck, absorb
   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 185.1:

     उलटी गंग संमुद्रहि सोषै॥
     ससिहर सूर ग्रासै॥

     ulaṭī gaṃga saṃmudrahi soṣai.
     sasihara sūra grāsai.

     the reversed Ganga dries up the ocean,
     the moon swallows the sun

   • c. 1420, Kabīr, Kabīr Vāṇī 185.8:

     बाज पिय़ालै अम्रित सोष्या॥
     नदी नीर भरि राष्या॥

     [I have] sucked / dried up the nectar without [taking] a cup:
     the river filled up with the liquid/water

Descendants

• Braj: सोखन (sokhan)
• Hindustani: sokhnā

  Hindi: सोखना

  Urdu: سوکْھنَا (sokhnā)

Further reading

• Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 570