𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀙𑀺𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀤𑀺 (chiggadi)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit छुपति (chupáti). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀇 (chuvaï).

Verb

𑀙𑀼𑀯𑀤𑀺 (chuvadi) (Devanagari छुवदि) (transitive) (Śaurasenī)

1. to touch

Descendants

• Gurjara Apabhramsa:
  • Gujarati: છોવું (chovũ)
  • Marwari: छवणौ (chavṇau), छूणौ (chūṇau)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
  • Braj: छुन (chun)
  • Hindustani: chūnā

    Hindi: छूना

    Urdu: چُھونا (chūnā)

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 97.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chuvaï”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 278