خاچنگ

Brahui

Etymology

Unknown. Bray tentatively proposes a connection with Kannada ಕೇ (kē, “to lie down”), but for that cognate set Pfeiffer^[1] reconstructs Proto-Dravidian *kī- which is phonologically difficult, and Burrow and Emeneau also do not list the Brahui term.^[2]

Verb

خَاچِنْگ (xāciṅg)

to lie down, sleep
خَاچوکَا اَرِسْتَا میھِی نَرَہ کیک
xācokā aristā mehī nara kek
the sleepers' buffalo produces nothing but males (proverb)

Derived terms

خَاچِفِنْگ (xācifiṅg, “to put someone to sleep”)

References

^ Pfeiffer, Martin (2018) Kuṛux Historical Phonology Reconsidered, Norderstedt, Germany: PubliQation Academic Publishing, →ISBN
^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1990”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Bray, Denys (1934) “khāching”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 176
Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “xāc-ing”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales‎^[2], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 732

[1] Pfeiffer, Martin (2018) Kuṛux Historical Phonology Reconsidered, Norderstedt, Germany: PubliQation Academic Publishing, →ISBN

[2] Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “1990”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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