हसिवउं

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit हस् (has)

Sanskrit हसति (hasati)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï)

Apabhramsa हसइ (hasaï)

Old Gujarati हसिवउं (hasivaüṃ)

Inherited from Apabhramsa हसइ (hasaï), from Prakrit हसइ (hasaï), from Sanskrit हसति (hásati).

Cognates

Early New Indo-Aryan cognates include Old Marathi 𑘮𑘰𑘭𑘜𑘹 (hāsaṇe), 𑘮𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘜𑘹 (hāṃsaṇe), Old Hindi हसना (hasanā), Old Punjabi ਹਸਿ (hasi /⁠hassi⁠/), Middle Bengali হস (hoś).

Verb

हसिवउं • (hasivaüṃ) (intransitive)

1. to laugh
   • c. 14th century, Vasantavilās 55a:

     कान कि झलकद्दं वीजनउ वीज नउ चंद कि भालि।
     गल्ल हसइं सकलंक मयंकह विंवु विशाल॥

     kāna ki jhalakaddaṃ vījanaü vīja naü caṃda ki bhāli.
     galla hasaïṃ sakalaṃka mayaṃkaha viṃvu viśāla.

   • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 281:

     हसीय कहइ हुंडिक नल नरी । फरस करावइ किम सुविचारि
     सांसइ मुझ-पाहिं विख्यात । सतीपणा नीजाणी वात

     hasīya kahaï huṃḍika nala narī. pharasa karāvaï kima suvicāri
     sāṃsaï mujha-pāhiṃ vikhyāta. satīpaṇā nījāṇī vāta

     Laughing, Hunḍika said, “How can the wife of Nala, with honourable intent, cause [a man] to touch her? This renowned conception of the chaste woman I regard as silly and doubtful […] ”

Descendants

Descendants

• Gojri: ہَسْنو (hasno)
• Gujarati: હસવું (hasvũ)
• Malvi: हँसणो (hãsṇo)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: हसणौ (hasṇau)

  Mahajani script: 𑅱𑅰𑅢𑅒 (hsṇu /⁠hasṇau⁠/)

References

More information

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hásati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 811