𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

  • 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀰𑀤𑀺 (uvaviśadi) — Māgadhī
  • 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀤𑀺 (uvavisadi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit उप- (upa-)
    Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-
    Sanskrit विशति (viśati)
    Sanskrit उप॑विशति (úpaviśati)
    Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇 (uvavisaï)

    Inherited from Sanskrit उप॑विशति (úpaviśati). By surface analysis, 𑀉𑀯- (uva-) +‎ 𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇 (visaï). Cognate with Pali upavisati.

    Verb

    𑀉𑀯𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀇 (uvavisaï) (Devanagari उवविसइ, Kannada ಉವವಿಸಇ) (intransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

    1. to sit

    Descendants

    Many words have initial b- due to late Prakritic aphaeresis of u- and dialectal fortition of the following -v-. Some words phonologically descend from 𑀯𑀲𑀇 (vasaï, “to live, dwell”) but have been semantically contaminated by this term.

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Hindustani:
        • Hindi: (dialectal) बैसना (baisnā)
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
      • >? Bengali-Assamese:
        • Early Assamese: বস্ (bos)
        • Bengali: বৈসা (bōiśa), বসা (bośa)
        • Sylheti: ꠛꠃꠣ (boua)
      • Bihari:
        • Bhojpuri: बैसल (baisal)
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • >? Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਬਹਿਣਾ (bahiṇā)
      • Sindhi:
        Arabic script: ويهَڻُ (vehaṇu)
        Devanagari script: वेहणु (vehaṇu)
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Konkani: बस्चे (basce), बसप (basap)
      • Old Marathi:
        Devanagari script: बैसणे (baisaṇe)
        Modi script: 𑘤𑘺𑘭𑘜𑘹 (baisaṇe)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:

    Further reading

    • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “उवविस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
    • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 337
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “úpaviśati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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