𑀤𑁂𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Maharastri Prakrit verb set
𑀤𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (dijjaï)
𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)

From Sanskrit ददाति (dádāti), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti, from Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti. Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dedi), Pali dadāti.

Verb

𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei) (Devanagari देइ, Kannada ದೇಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to give

Descendants

• Konkani: divce

  Devanagari script: दिव्चे (divce)

  Kannada script: ದಿವ್ಚೆ (divce)

  Latin script: divche

• Old Marathi:

  Modi script: 𑘟𑘹𑘜𑘹 (deṇe), 𑘠𑘹𑘜𑘹 (dheṇe)

  Devanagari script: देणे (deṇe), धेणे (dheṇe)

  • Marathi: देणे (deṇe)

References

• 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 141.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 120.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 129.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dádāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press