Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Marathi verb set
सजणे (sajṇe)
सजवणे (sajavṇe)

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁂𑀇 (sajjei) (compare Old Marathi 𑘭𑘕𑘜𑘹 (sajaṇe), 𑘭𑘕𑘿𑘕𑘜𑘹 (sajjaṇe), 𑘭𑘰𑘕𑘜𑘹 (sājaṇe)), from Sanskrit सज्जयति (sajjayati). Compare Gujarati સજાવવું (sajāvvũ), Hindustani سَجَانَا (sajānā) / सजाना (sajānā), Sindhi سَجَائِڻُ / सजाइणु, Punjabi ਸਜਾਉਣਾ (sajāuṇā) / سَجاؤݨا (sajā'oṇā).

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

सजवणे (sajavṇe) (transitive)

  1. to decorate, outfit, equip, furnish

References edit

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “सजवणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “सजविणें”, 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) “सजणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sajjayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press