𑀨𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit *फूत्कति (phūtkati), extended from the root फूत् (phūt) or perhaps a back-formation from फूत्कार (phūtkāra, “blowing”).

Verb

𑀨𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (phukkaï) (Devanagari फुक्कइ, Kannada ಫುಕ್ಕಇ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to blow
   • c. 700 CE, Haribhadra, Maṇipati-Carita 17:

     𑀯𑀬𑀡-𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀭𑁂𑀡 𑀨𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀭𑁂 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣-𑀲𑀁𑀞𑀺𑀬-𑀲𑀭𑀸𑀯𑁂 𑀥𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀇 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀫-𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀁 𑀲𑀺𑀭-𑀯𑀸𑀮-𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇𑀬-𑀫𑀼𑀳-𑀓𑀫𑀮𑀁

     vayaṇa-aṃtareṇa phukkaï aṃgāre hattha-saṃṭhiya-sarāve dhuṇei uttama-aṃgaṃ sira-vāla-cchaïya-muha-kamalaṃ

     Between her shrieks she blew on the embers in the platter she held in her hand and tossed her head letting her hair fall over her lotus features.

Descendants

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: फुंकणे (phuṃkaṇe)

  Modi script: 𑘣𑘳𑘽𑘎𑘜𑘹 (phuṃkaṇe)

  • Marathi: फुंकणे (phuṅkṇe)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phūtka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• R. Williams, editor (1959), Two Prakrit Versions Of The Maṇipati-Carita‎^[1], Bristol: Burleigh Press, page 241