𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit युध्यते (yúdhyate). Cognate with Pali yujjhati.

Verb

𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇 (jujjhaï) (Devanagari जुज्झइ, Kannada ಜುಜ್ಝಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to fight, battle

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀤𑀺 (jujjhadi) — Śaurasenī, *Magadhi
  • Assamese: যুঁজা (zũza)
  • Bengali: জুঝা (jujha)
  • Gujarati: ઝૂઝવું (jhūjhvũ)
  • Hindustani: jūjhnā

    Hindi: जूझना

    Urdu: جُوجْھنَا (jūjhnā)

• Odia: ଜୁଜ୍ଝିବା (jujjhibā)

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘕𑘳𑘖𑘜𑘹 (jujhaṇe), 𑘕𑘳𑘽𑘖𑘜𑘹 (juṃjhaṇe)
  • Marathi: झुंजणे (jhuñjṇe)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਜੂਝਣਾ (jūjhṇā)

  Shahmukhi script: جُوجھݨا (jūjhṇā)

References

• 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 135.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 349
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yúdhyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607