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Inherited from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀬𑀇 (khāyaï), from Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ḗdeti ~ *kʷh₂édeti, from *kʷh₂ed-. Cognate with Assamese খা (kha), Bengali খাওয়া (khaōẇa), Bhojpuri खाईल (khāīl), Gujarati ખાવું (khāvũ), Hindustani खाना / کھانا (khānā), Nepali खानु (khānu), Marwari खाणौ (khāṇau), Punjabi ਖਾਣਾ (khāṇā) / کھانا (khānā), Romani xal, Sindhi کائڻ / खाइणु (khāiṇu).

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ଖାଇବା (khaiba)

  1. to eat