Prakrit

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Etymology

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Prakrit verb set
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (khajjaï)
𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï)

From Sanskrit खादति (khā́dati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂ḗdeti ~ *kʷh₂édeti, from *kʷh₂ed-. Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀤𑀺 (khādi), Pali khādati.

Verb

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𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï) (Devanagari खाअइ, Kannada ಖಾಅಇ) (transitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. to eat
    Synonym: 𑀪𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (bhakkhaï)

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References

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  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 168
  • 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[2], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 130.
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 393
  • Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 52.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khāˊdati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press