𑀪𑀫𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀪𑀫𑀤𑀺 (bhamadi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भ्रमति (bhramati). Cognate with Pali bhamati

Verb

𑀪𑀫𑀇 (bhamaï) (Devanagari भमइ, Kannada ಭಮಇ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to roam, wander, walk around
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 456:

     𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀇 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀑, 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀪𑀫𑀇, 𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀧𑀳𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀲𑀁𑀞𑀸𑀇𑁇
     𑀡𑀯𑀮𑀇𑀓𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀢𑀼𑀳 𑀳𑀮𑀺𑀅𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢! 𑀤𑁂 𑀧𑀳𑀭𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑁈

     dhāvaï purao, pāsesu bhamaï, diṭṭhīpahaṃmi saṃṭhāi.
     ṇavalaïkarassa tuha haliaütta! de paharasu varāiṃ .

     As soon as you have a supple twig in your hand, she runs in front of you, hovers on either side of you and happens to be wherever you are looking.
     You blockhead, can’t you see the poor girl desperately wants a good thrashing?

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “भमइ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 644.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhamaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 550