Old Hindi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कारण (kāraṇa). Compare Old Punjabi ਕਾਰਣੁ (kāraṇu), Old Gujarati कारण (kāraṇa), Old Marathi 𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘜 (kāraṇa).

Noun

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कारंण (kārãṇ)

  1. cause

Further reading

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  • Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 527
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 156