𑀯𑀳𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit वहति (váhati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wáźʰati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wáȷ́ʰati, from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with Pali vahati.

Verb

𑀯𑀳𑀇 (vahaï) (Devanagari वहइ, Kannada ವಹಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to carry, convey

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘮𑘜𑘹 (vahaṇe), 𑘪𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vahāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vāhāṇe), 𑘪𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (vhāṇe)
  • Marathi: वाहणे (vāhṇe)

References

• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 211.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “váhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press