𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀔𑀸𑀇 (khāi)

Etymology

Prakrit verb set
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (khajjaï)
𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï)

From Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ḗdeti ~ *kʷh₂édeti, from *kʷh₂ed-. Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), Pali khādati.

Verb

𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï) (Devanagari खाअइ, Kannada ಖಾಅಇ) (transitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to eat

   Synonym: 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (bhakkhaï)

Descendants

• Konkani: khāvce

  Devanagari script: खाव्चे (khāvce)

  Kannada script: ಖಾವ್ಚೆ (khāvce)

  Latin script: khavche

• Old Marathi:

  Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘹 (khāṇe)

  Devanagari script: खाणे (khāṇe)

  • Marathi: खाणे (khāṇe)

References

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 168
• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[2], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 130.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 393
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 52.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khāˊdati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press