𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit छुपति (chupáti). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀤𑀺 (chuvadi).

Verb

𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇 (chuvaï) (Devanagari छुवइ, Kannada ಛುವಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to touch

Descendants

• Assamese: ছো (sü)
• Bengali: ছোঁয়া (chō̃ẇa)
• Maithili: chuab

  Devanagari script: छुअब

  Tirhuta script: 𑒕𑒳𑒁𑒥

• Nepali: छुनु (chunu)
• Odia: ଛୁଇଁବା (chuĩba)
• Takka Apabhramsa:
  • Old Punjabi: ਛੁਹਿ (chuhi)
    • Punjabi: chūhṇā

      Gurmukhi script: ਛੂਹਣਾ

      Shahmukhi script: چُھوہݨا

• Vracada Apabhramsa:
  • Sindhi: chuhaṇu

    Arabic script: ڇُهَڻُ

    Devanagari script: छुहणु

Further reading

• 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 134.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chuvaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 278
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “छुव”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].