𑀳𑁄𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi) — Śaurasenī
• 𑀪𑀯𑀇 (bhavaï), 𑀪𑀯𑀏 (bhavae), 𑀳𑀼𑀯𑁃 (huvai)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-

Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti)

Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti), from 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati), from Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

Verb

𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi) (Devanagari होइ, Kannada ಹೋಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to become; be

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Hindi: होना (honā)
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: होना (honā)
      • Urdu: ہونا (honā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Early Assamese: ভ (bho)
      • Assamese: হোৱা (hüa), হয় (hoy), হ (ho)
    • Bengali: হওয়া (hoōẇa), হয় (hoẏ)
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: होएब (hōēb)
  • Odia: ହେବା (hebā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Kumaoni: हुणो (“to be”)
  • Nepali: हुनु (hunu), हो (ho)
  • Western Pahari:
    • Bhadrawahi: भोणू (bhōṇū)
    • Pangwali: भूणा (bhūṇā)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā), ਹੌਣਾ (hauṇā)

    Shahmukhi script: حوݨَا (ḥoṇā), حَوݨَا (ḥauṇā)

  • Saraiki: [script needed] (ho-, “to become, be”)
  • Sindhi: huaṇu ("to be")

    Devanagari script: हुअणु

    Arabic script: هُاڻُ

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi: 𑘮𑘻𑘜𑘹 (hoṇe)
    • Marathi: होणे (hoṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Romani: ovel
  • Gujarati: હોવું (hovũ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhávati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 214.