𑀡𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇

Prakrit

Verb

𑀡𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (ṇaṭṭaï) (Devanagari णट्टइ) (intransitive)

1. Ardhamagadhi variant of 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (ṇaccaï, “to dance”)
   • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 4, 230:

     𑀰𑀓𑀸𑀤𑀻𑀦𑀸𑀁 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀫𑁆 𑁈𑁨𑁩𑁦𑁈
     𑀰𑀓𑀸𑀤𑀻𑀦𑀸𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀯𑀁 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺𑁇 𑀰𑀓𑁆 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇𑁇 𑀚𑀺𑀫𑁆 𑀚𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀇𑁇 𑀮𑀕𑁆 𑀮𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀇𑁇 𑀫𑀕𑁆 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀇𑁇 𑀓𑀼𑀧𑁆 𑀓𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀇𑁇 𑀦𑀰𑁆 𑀦𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇𑁇 𑀅𑀝𑁆 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑁇 𑀮𑀼𑀝𑁆 𑀧𑀮𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑁇 𑀢𑀼𑀝𑁆 𑀢𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑁇 𑀦𑀝𑁆 𑀦𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇𑁇 𑀲𑀺𑀯𑁆 𑀲𑀺𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀇𑁇 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀤𑀺𑁇

     śakādīnāṃ dvitvam .230.
     śakādīnāmantyasya dvitvaṃ bhavati. śak sakkaï. jim jimmaï. lag laggaï. mag maggaï. kup kuppaï. naś nassaï. aṭ pariaṭṭaï. luṭ palŏṭṭaï. tuṭ tuṭṭaï. naṭ naṭṭaï. siv sivvaï. ityādi.

Descendants

• Dhivehi: ނަށަނީ (naṣanī)
• Sinhalese: නටනවා (naṭanawā)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “णट्ट”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 379.
• 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 137.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 332
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nŕ̊tyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427