Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Marathi verb set
शिकणे (śikṇe)
शिकवणे (śikavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘱𑘎𑘜𑘹 (sikaṇe), 𑘭𑘱𑘏𑘜𑘹 (sikhaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (sikkhaï), from Sanskrit शिक्षते (śikṣate) / शिक्षति (śikṣati, to learn), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćikš- (to learn). Cognate with Konkani शिक्चे (śikce), Gujarati શીખવું (śīkhvũ), Hindi सीखना (sīkhnā), Nepali सिक्नु (siknu), Bengali শেখা (śekha), Assamese শিকা (xika).

Pronunciation edit

  • (formal) IPA(key): /ɕik.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɕik.ɳə/

Verb edit

शिकणे (śikṇe) (transitive)

  1. to learn

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “शिकणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शिकणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शिकणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śíkṣatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press