Marathi edit

Marathi verb set
सुकणे (sukṇe)
सुकवणे (sukavṇe)

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Marathi शोकणे (śokaṇe), शोखणे (śokhaṇe), सुकणे (sukaṇe), सोकणे (sokaṇe), सोसणे (sosaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sukkaï), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śuṣkati. Compare Hindi सूखना (sūkhnā).

Pronunciation edit

  • (formal) IPA(key): /suk.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /suk.ɳə/

Verb edit

सुकणे (sukṇe) (intransitive)

  1. to become dry
    Synonym: वाळणे (vāḷṇe)

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “सुकणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सुकणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*śuṣkati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press