𑀓𑀥𑁂𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀳𑁂𑀇 (kahei) — Maharastri, 𑀓𑀥𑀤𑀺 (kadhadi)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कथयति (katháyati, “to tell, say”). Cognate to Pali katheti.

Verb

𑀓𑀥𑁂𑀤𑀺 (kadhedi) (Devanagari कधेदि) (transitive) (Sauraseni)

1. to say, tell, narrate

Descendants

• Braj: कहन (kahan)
• Old Gujarati: कहिवउं (kahivaüṃ)
  • Gujarati: કહેવું (kahevũ)
• Hindustani: kahnā

  Hindi: कहना

  Urdu: کَہْنا (kahnā)

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਹਿਣਾ (kahiṇā)

  Shahmukhi script: کَہْݨا (kahṇā)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kahēi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 135
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 12.
• Prem Suman Jain (2001) “कधेदि”, in शौरसेनी प्राकृत भाषा और व्याकरण [Sauraseni Prakrit language and grammar], Bhartiya Vidya Prakashan, →ISBN, page 75, →ISBN