𑘣𑘕𑘲𑘝𑘲

Old Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فضیحتی (fazīhatī), suffixed from Arabic فَضِيحَة (faḍīḥa).

Noun

𑘣𑘕𑘲𑘝𑘲 (phajītī) f (Devanagari फजिती)

1. ridicule
   • c. 1270 – 1350, Nāmadeva, Śrīnāmadeva Gāthā (Dāṇḍekar edition) 7.4:

     𑘁𑘢𑘳𑘩𑘿𑘧𑘰 𑘤𑘰𑘯𑘰𑘭𑘲 𑘠𑘨𑘲 𑘁𑘝𑘰𑘽 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘲𑘽𑙁
     𑘡 𑘎𑘨𑘲 𑘣𑘕𑘲𑘝𑘲 𑘕𑘡𑘰𑘦𑘠𑘿𑘧𑘹𑘽𑙂

     āpulyā bāḷāsī dharī ātāṃ hātīṃ.
     na karī phajītī janāmadhyeṃ.

   • c. 1270 – 1350, Nāmadeva, Śrīnāmadeva Gāthā (Dāṇḍekar edition) 643.4:

     𑘀𑘡𑘲𑘨𑘳𑘟𑘿𑘠𑘰 𑘭𑘦𑘧𑘲𑘽 𑘏𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘝𑘲𑙁
     𑘎𑘹𑘩𑘲 𑘝𑘧𑘰𑘓𑘲 𑘣𑘕𑘲𑘝𑘲𑙂

     anīruddhā samayīṃ khyātī.
     kelī tayācī phajītī.

   • c. 1273 – 1338, Cokhā Meḷā, Supplement to the abhaṅgas of Cokhā Meḷā 128:

     𑘊𑘎𑘰𑘓𑘲 𑘣𑘕𑘲𑘝𑘲 𑘮𑘻𑘝𑘲 𑘝𑘹 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘲𑙁
     𑘫𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 𑘐𑘳𑘽𑘝𑘝𑘲 𑘝𑘧𑘹 𑘙𑘰𑘧𑘲𑘽𑙂

     ekācī phajītī hotī te pāhātī.
     śāhāṇe guṃtatī taye ṭhāyīṃ.

Descendants

• Marathi: फजिती (phajitī)

Further reading

• Shankar Gopal Tulpule, Anne Feldhaus (1999) “फजिती”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan