Old Marathi edit

Etymology edit

From Old Kannada ನಡು (naḍu), from Proto-Dravidian *naṭ-; compare Tamil நடுத்தர (naṭuttara).

Verb edit

𑘡𑘚𑘜𑘹 (naḍaṇe) (Devanagari नडणे) (intransitive)

  1. to obstruct, to get in the way
    • 1290, Jñāneśvar, Jñāneśvarī (Rājvāḍe edition) 6.313:
      𑘥𑘿𑘨𑘳𑘩𑘝𑘰𑘽 𑘦𑘰𑘐𑘱𑘩𑘲𑘎𑘚𑘹𑙁 𑘦𑘎𑘰𑘨𑘰𑘓𑘹𑘽𑘓𑘱 𑘁𑘽𑘐 𑘡𑘚𑘹𑙁
      𑘭𑘚𑘹𑘧𑘰 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘰 𑘭𑘰𑘽𑘎𑘚𑘹𑘽𑙁 𑘐𑘐𑘡𑘰 𑘧𑘹𑘝𑘰𑘽𑙂
      bhrulatāṃ māgilīkaḍe. makārāceṃci āṃga naḍe.
      saḍeyā prāṇā sāṃkaḍeṃ. gaganā yetāṃ.
      The ‘m’ of the sacred syllable cannot enter the space behind the brow,
      for the life-force moving alone fails to reach that etheric space.

Descendants edit

  • Marathi: नडणे (naḍṇe)
  • Varhadi: नळनं (naḷna)

Further reading edit

  • Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “नडणे”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 362.
  • Panse, Murlidhar Gajanan (1953) “नडणें”, in Linguistic Peculiarities of Jñāneśvarī, Poona: Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, page 390, column 2.
  • वेलिंगकर, रामचंद्र नारायण [Velingkar, Ramchandra Narayan] (1959) “नडणें”, in ज्ञानेश्वरीचें शब्द-भांडार [Lexicon of the Dnyaneshwari] (in Marathi), मुंबई [Mumbai]: मराठी संशोधन मंडळ [Marathi Sanshodhan Mandal], page २५५, column 2.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*naṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 398