રાખવું

Gujarati

Etymology

    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
    Gujarati રાખવું (rākhvũ)

    Inherited from Middle Gujarati राखिवुं, from Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ /⁠rāṣivaüṃ⁠/), from Apabhramsa 𑖨𑖎𑖿𑖏𑖂 (rakkhaï), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्ष॑ति (rákṣati).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    રાખવું • (rākhvũ) (transitive)[2][3][4]

    1. to protect, guard
    2. to keep
    Gujarati terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂lek- (0 c, 3 e)

    References

    More information
    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611: “G. rākhvũ”
    2. ^ “રાખવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
    3. ^ “રાખવું”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
    4. ^ “રાખવું”, in રેખ્તા ગુજરાતી શબ્દકોશ (rekhtā gujrātī śabdakoś) (in Gujarati), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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