𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀤𑀺 (chuvadi), 𑀙𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀤𑀺 (chiggadi) — Śaurasenī
• 𑀙𑀺𑀯𑀇 (chivaï) — Māhārāṣṭrī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *skupéti?

Sanskrit स्पृश् (spṛś)?

Sanskrit छुपति (chupati)

Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇 (chuvaï)

Inherited from Sanskrit छुपति (chupati).

Verb

𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇 (chuvaï) (Devanagari छुवइ, Kannada ಛುವಇ) (transitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

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Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Western Hindi:
    • Braj: छुन (chun)
    • Hindustani: chūnā

      Hindi: छूना

      Urdu: چُھونا

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: ছো (sü)
    • Bengali: ছোঁয়া (chō̃ẇa)
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili:

      Devanagari script: छुअब

      Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒳𑒁𑒥

  • Odia: ଛୁଇଁବା (chuĩbā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: छुनु (chunu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Punjabi: ਛੁਹਿ (chuhi)
    • Punjabi: chūhṇā

      Gurmukhi script: ਛੂਹਣਾ

      Shahmukhi script: چُھوہݨا

  • Sindhi: chuhaṇu

    Arabic script: ڇُهَڻُ

    Devanagari script: छुहणु

• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: છોવું (chovũ)
  • Marwari: छवणौ (chavṇau), छूणौ (chūṇau)

Further reading

• 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^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 134.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chupáti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 278
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “छुव”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].