𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑁄𑀪𑀤𑀺 (sobhadi)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀰𑁄𑀪𑀢𑀺 (śóbhati). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀇 (sohaï), Pali sobhati.

Verb

𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 (sohadi) (Devanagari सोहदि) (intransitive) (Śaurasenī)

1. to befit, shine

   𑀓𑀺𑀤𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀆 […] 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 ― kidavisesaā […] sohadi

Descendants

• Gurjara Apabhramsa:
  • Old Gujarati: सोहइ (sohaï)
    • Gujarati: સોહવું (sohvũ)
    • Marwari: सोहणौ (sohṇau)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Old Hindi: सोहना (sohanā)
    • Braj: सोहन (sohan)
    • Hindustani: sohnā

      Hindi: सोहना

      Urdu: سوہ٘نا

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 167
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śṓbhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 733