𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate). Compare Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (vaṭṭaï), Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (vaṭṭaï), and Pali vaṭṭati.

Verb

𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀤𑀺 (vaṭṭadi) (Devanagari वट्टदि) (intransitive) (Magadhi, Paisaci, Sauraseni)

1. to exist; to be

Descendants

• Bhojpuri: बाटे (bāṭē)
• Sindhi:

  Arabic script: وَٽَڻُ (vaṭaṇu)

  Devanagari script: वटणु (vaṭaṇu)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 203.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 20.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vártatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press