𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit खनति (khánati). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï), Pali khanati.

Verb

𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi) (Devanagari खणदि) (transitive) (Śaurasenī)

1. to dig

Descendants

• Hindustani: khannā

  Hindi: खनना

  Urdu: کَھنْنا (khannā)

Further reading

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 130.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press