ہتننگ

Brahui

Alternative forms

ہَتَرِنْگ (hatariṅg), ہَتِنْگ (hatiṅg), ہَتِرِنْگ (hatiriṅg)
اَتِنِنْگ (atiniṅg), اَتَرِنْگ (atariṅg), اَتِنْگ (atiṅg), اَتِرِنْگ (atiriṅg)

Etymology

Bray proposes ہَلِّنْگ (halliṅg, “to take”) +‎ تِنِنْگ (tiniṅg, “to give”), i.e. "having taken give", ultimately from Proto-Dravidian.^[1] Emeneau expands on this and gives the derivation *hal-tining > hatining, exhibiting a regular sound change of cluster simplification with l.^[2]

McAlpin instead proposes a conflation of two source. He relates hat- "intend" to Middle Elamite [script needed] (an-du-uk-ni /⁠andukni⁠/, “as was planned”), [script needed] (an-tu4-uk-ni /⁠antukni⁠/, “as has been planned”).^[3] He relates the "bring" meaning to Achaemenid Elamite [script needed] (ha-du-ik-ka4 /⁠hadukka⁠/, “it has been harvested”) etc. and accepts a derivation from Brahui تِنِنْگ (tiniṅg, “to give”), but does not have an explanation for the prefix ha-.^[4]

Verb

ہَتِنِنْگ (hatiniṅg)

to bring
to give birth to
to think of doing something, attempt, intend

References

^ Bray, Denys (1934) “hataring”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 133
^ Emeneau, M. B. (1997) “Brahui Etymologies and Phonetic Developments: New Items”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, volume 60, number 3, pages 440–447
^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*hant”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123
^ McAlpin, David (2022) “*ha.tin”, in “Modern colloquial eastern Elamite”, in Al-Burz, volume 14, number 1, pages 64–123