𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀰𑀤𑀺 (uvaviśadi) — Māgadhī
• 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀤𑀺 (uvavisadi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit उप- (upa-)

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-

Sanskrit विशति (viśati)

Sanskrit उप॑विशति (úpaviśati)

Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇 (uvavisaï)

Inherited from Sanskrit उप॑विशति (úpaviśati). By surface analysis, 𑀉𑀯- (uva-) +‎ 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇 (visaï). Cognate with Pali upavisati.

Verb

𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇 (uvavisaï) (Devanagari उवविसइ, Kannada ಉವವಿಸಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to sit

Descendants

Some words phonologically descend from 𑀯𑀲𑀇 (vasaï, “to live, dwell”) but have been semantically contaminated by this term.

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: (dialectal) बैसना (baisnā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • >? Bengali–Assamese:
    • Early Assamese: বস্ (bos)
      • Assamese: বহ (boh)
    • Bengali: বসা (bośa)
    • Sylheti: ꠛꠃꠣ (boua)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: बैसल (baisal)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • >? Nepali: बस्नु (basnu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • >? Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਣਾ (bahiṇā)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ويهَڻُ (vehaṇu)

    Devanagari script: वेहणु (vehaṇu)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: बस्चे (basce), बसप (basap)
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: बैसणे (baisaṇe)

    Modi script: 𑘤𑘺𑘭𑘜𑘹 (baisaṇe)

    • Marathi: बसणे (basṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gurjara Apabhramsa: बइसइ (baïsaï)
    • Gujarati: બેસવું (besvũ)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “उवविस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 337
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úpaviśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press