Marathi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit शूयते (śūyate) (compare Old Marathi 𑘭𑘳𑘕𑘲 (sujī, swelling)). Related to सुज (suj). Compare Gujarati સૂજવું (sūjvũ), સોજો (sojo), Hindustani سُوجْنَا (sūjnā) / सूजना (sūjnā), Sindhi سُڄَڻُ / सुॼणु, سوڄِ / सोॼि, Punjabi ਸੁੱਜਣਾ (sujjaṇā) / سُجّݨا (sujjṇā), ਸੋਜ (soj) / سوج (soj), Sinhalese ඉදෙනවා (idenawā), Kholosi sojo.

Pronunciation edit

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

Verb edit

सुजणे (sujṇe) (intransitive)

  1. to swell
  2. to have an inordinate desire

Further reading edit

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