𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit युध्यते (yúdhyate). Cognate with Pali yujjhati.

Verb

𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀇 (jujjhaï) (Devanagari जुज्झइ, Kannada ಜುಜ್ಝಇ) (intransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. to fight, battle

Alternative forms

  • 𑀚𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀤𑀺 (jujjhadi)Śaurasenī, *Magadhi
    • Assamese: যুঁজা (zũza)
    • Bengali: জুঝা (jujha)
    • Gujarati: ઝૂઝવું (jhūjhvũ)
    • Hindustani: jūjhnā
      Hindi: जूझना
      Urdu: جُوجْھنَا (jūjhnā)
  • Odia: ଜୁଜ୍ଝିବା (jujjhibā)

Descendants

References

  • Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 135.
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 349
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yúdhyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607