Brahui

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *pāṇ- (ask, commission).[2] Cognate with Tamil பணி (paṇi, saying, word).[3]

Verb

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پَانِنْگ (pāniṅg)

  1. to say, speak
  2. to tell
  3. to speak of
  4. to call a thing something
  5. to correspond with, suit
  6. to say to oneself, think, suppose

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Delforooz, Behrooz Barjasteh (2020) “pāing/pāning”, in “Two Brahui Texts with Glossary and Grammatical Analysis”, in Iranian Journal of Applied Language Studies[1], volume 12, number 1, page 117 of 89-122
  2. ^ Krishnamurti, Bhadriraju (2003) The Dravidian Languages (Cambridge Language Surveys), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN.
  3. ^ Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “3887”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Further reading

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  • Bray, Denys (1934) “pāning”, in The Brahui Language[2], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 229
  • M. S. Andronov (1980) The Brahui Language (Languages of Asia and Africa), Moscow: Nauka Publishing House, page 82
  • Ali, Liaquat, Kobayashi, Masato (2024) “pāning”, in Brahui Texts: Glossed and Translated Short Stories and Folktales[3], Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, page 720