Marathi

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Etymology

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Marathi verb set
हसणे (hasṇe)
हसवणे (hasavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘮𑘰𑘭𑘜𑘹 (hāsaṇe), 𑘮𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘜𑘹 (hāṃsaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀳𑀲𑀇 (hasaï), from Sanskrit हसति (hásati). Cognate with Gujarati હસવું (hasvũ), Hindi हँसना (hãsnā), Marathi हसणौ (hasṇau), Nepali हाँस्नु (hā̃snu), Punjabi ਹੱਸਣਾ (hassaṇā) / ہسّنا (hssnā).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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हसणे (hasṇe) (intransitive)

  1. to laugh
  2. to smile

References

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