𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹

Marathi

Verb

𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 • (khaṇṇe) (transitive)

1. Modi script form of खणणे

Old Marathi

Alternative forms

• 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe, “to dig”)

Etymology

Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï), from Sanskrit 𑘏𑘡𑘝𑘱 (khanati).

Verb

𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khaṇaṇe) (Devanagari खणणे) (transitive)

1. to dig out
   • 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 13.694:

     𑘡𑘰𑘮𑘲𑘽 𑘢𑘰𑘢𑘰𑘓𑘰 𑘎𑘰𑘽𑘘𑘰𑘩𑘰 𑙁 𑘡𑘹𑘽𑘟𑘲 𑘢𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘧𑘰𑘭𑘲 𑘕𑘲𑘪𑘰𑘩𑘰
     𑘩𑘰𑘕𑘹𑘓𑘰 𑘢𑘹𑘽𑘚𑘪𑘩𑘰 𑙁 𑘏𑘜𑘼𑘡𑘲 𑘑𑘰𑘩𑘲 𑙂𑙖𑙙𑙔𑙂

     nāhīṃ pāpācā kāṃṭālā . neṃdī puṇyāsī jīvālā
     lājecā peṃḍavalā . khaṇaunī ghālī .694.

     /nāhīṃ pāpācā kāṃṭāḷā . neṃdī puṇyāsī jīvāḷā
     lājecā peṃḍavaḷā . khaṇaunī ghālī .694./

     • 1948 translation by Vittal Ganesh Pradhan

       He is never tired of sin, he rejects right action
       and uproots all the boundaries of shame.

Descendants

• Marathi: khaṇṇe

  Devanagari script: खणणे

  Modi script: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹

• Varhadi: khānna (< Old Marathi 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe))

  Devanagari script: खाननं

  Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘡𑘽

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “खणणे”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 179.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khánati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 200