राखिवुं

Middle Gujarati

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-

Proto-Indo-European *-seti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂lékseti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrákšati

Sanskrit रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï)

Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ)

Middle Gujarati राखिवुं

Inherited from Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ /⁠rāṣivaüṃ⁠/), from Apabhramsa 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖏𑖂 (rakkhaï), from Prakrit रक्खइ (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati).^[1] Cognate with Middle Bengali রাখ (rakh).

राखिवुं (rākhivũ) (transitive)^[2]

to guard, to protect
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  राखइ रक्षति।
  [Middle] Gujarati राखइ is Sanskrit रक्षति.

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611
^ जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “राखिवुं”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi], page ४१७, column 1.