𑀕𑀸𑀅𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀕𑀸𑀬𑀇 (gāyaï) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, 𑀕𑀸𑀅𑀤𑀺 (gāadi) — Śaurasenī, 𑀕𑀸𑀇 (gāi)

Etymology

Prakrit verb set
𑀕𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (gijjaï)
𑀕𑀸𑀅𑀇 (gāaï)

Inherited from Sanskrit गायति (gā́yati). Cognate with Pali gāyati.

Verb

𑀕𑀸𑀅𑀇 (gāaï) (Devanagari गाअइ, Kannada ಗಾಅಇ) (transitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to sing

Descendants

• Konkani:

  Devanagari script: गाव्चे

  Kannada script: ಗಾವ್ಚೆ

  Latin script: gavche

• Old Marathi: gāṇe

  Modi script: 𑘐𑘰𑘜𑘹

  Devanagari script: गाणे

  • Marathi: गाणे (gāṇe)

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 131.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 343
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 49.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gāˊyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press