𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (vaṭṭaï) — Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्तते (vártate). Cognate with Pali vaṭṭati.

Verb

𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀤𑀺 (vaṭṭadi) (Devanagari वट्टदि) (intransitive) (Māgadhī, Paiśācī, Śaurasenī)

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