𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkuṇodi)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शक्नोति (śaknóti). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï), Pali sakkoti. Doublet of 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï).

Verb

𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkaṇodi) (Devanagari सक्कणोदि) (intransitive) (Sauraseni)

1. to be able to

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  Hindi: सकना (saknā)

  Urdu: سکنا (saknā)

• Old Gujarati: सकिवउं (sakivaũ)
  • Gujarati: શકવું (śakvũ)

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 145.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 53.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śaknṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press