બેઠું

Gujarati

Etymology tree

Sanskrit उप- (upa-)

Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-

Sanskrit विश् (viś)

Sanskrit उपविश् (upaviś)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-tás

Sanskrit -त (-ta)

Sanskrit उपविष्ट (upaviṣṭa)

Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (uvaviṭṭha)

Gujarati બેઠું (beṭhũ)

Inherited from Middle Gujarati बइठउ, from Old Gujarati बइठउ (baïṭhaü), from Apabhramsa बइट्ठउ (baïṭṭhaü), from Prakrit ઉવવિટ્ઠ (uvaviṭṭha), from Sanskrit ઉપવિષ્ટ (upaviṣṭa).^[1]

બેઠું • (běṭhũ) n sg^[2]^[3]^[4]

perfective of બેસવું (běsvũ, “to sit”):^[5] sat, seated
ઘરે બેઠા ― ghare běṭhā ― sat at home

Declension of બેઠું
	nominative	oblique/vocative/ instrumental	plural	locative
	singular		plural	locative
masculine	બેઠો (beṭho)	બેઠા (beṭhā)	બેઠા (beṭhā)	બેઠે (beṭhe)
neuter	બેઠું (beṭhũ)	બેઠા (beṭhā)	બેઠાં (beṭhā̃)	બેઠે (beṭhe)
feminine	બેઠી (beṭhī)	બેઠી (beṭhī)	બેઠી (beṭhī)	—

If the noun being modified is unmarked, then the locatives do not apply.

More information

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úpaviśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 105: “G. bεsvũ: bεṭho”
^ “બેઠું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
^ “બેઠું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
^ “બેઠું”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
^ George Cardona and Dhanesh Jain, editors (2003), The Indo-Aryan Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), Routledge, →ISBN, page 682: “bɛ-ṭh (bɛs ‘sit’)”