𑀳𑀲𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Sanskrit हस् (has)

Sanskrit हसति (hasati)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï)

Inherited from Sanskrit हसति (hásati). Cognate with Pali hasati.

Verb

𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï) (Devanagari हसइ, Kannada ಹಸಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to laugh

Alternative forms

• 𑀳𑀲𑀤𑀺 (hasadi) — Śaurasenī

Derived terms

• 𑀧𑀳𑀲𑀇 (pahasaï)

Descendants

• Apabhramsa: hasaï (see there for further descendants)

  Devanagari script: हसइ

  Sharada script: 𑆲𑆱𑆅

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Sanskrit ह्रसति (hrasati)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï)

Inherited from Sanskrit ह्रसति (hrasati).

Verb

𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï) (Devanagari हसइ, Kannada ಹಸಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to diminish or lessen; to become less

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 157.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hásati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “हस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 944.