𑀮𑁂𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate)
    Sanskrit लभते (labhate)
    Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï)
    Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-
    Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *náyHati
    Sanskrit नय॑ति (náyati)
    Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ.
    Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-
    Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti
    Sanskrit ददा॑ति (dádāti)
    Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ.
    Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)influ.
    Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei)

    Simplified from 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï, “to take”) by analogy with 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei, “to take”), 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei, “to give”), from Sanskrit लभते (labhate).[1][2]

    Verb

    𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei) (Devanagari लेइ) [3]

    1. to take

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Eastern Hindi:
        • Old Awadhi: लेइ (lei)
      • Western Hindi:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Western Indo-Aryan:

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lábhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 635
    2. ^ Hoernlé, A. F. Rudolf (1880) “A Collection of Hindi Roots, with Remarks on their Derivation and Classification”, in Journal of The Asiatic Society of Bengal‎[1], volume 49, page 38
    3. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “ले”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
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