हसिवउं

Old Gujarati

Etymology

    Inherited from Apabhramsa हसइ (hasaï), from Prakrit हसइ (hasaï), from Sanskrit हसति (hásati).

    Verb

    हसिवउं • (hasivaüṃ) (intransitive)[1][2]

    1. to laugh
      • c. 14th century, Vasantavilās 55a:
        कान कि झलकद्दं वीजनउ वीज नउ चंद कि भालि।
        गल्ल हसइं सकलंक मयंकह विंवु विशाल॥
        kāna ki jhalakaddaṃ vījanaü vīja naü caṃda ki bhāli.
        galla hasaïṃ sakalaṃka mayaṃkaha viṃvu viśāla.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 281:
        हसीय कहइ हुंडिक नल नरी । फरस करावइ किम सुविचारि
        सांसइ मुझ-पाहिं विख्यात । सतीपणा नीजाणी वात
        hasīya kahaï huṃḍika nala narī. pharasa karāvaï kima suvicāri
        sāṃsaï mujha-pāhiṃ vikhyāta. satīpaṇā nījāṇī vāta
        Laughing, Hunḍika said, “How can the wife of Nala, with honourable intent, cause [a man] to touch her? This renowned conception of the chaste woman I regard as silly and doubtful []

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