𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *wert-der.
    Sanskrit वर्त॑ते (vártate)
    Prakrit 𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (vaṭṭaï)

    Inherited from Sanskrit वर्त॑ते (vártate), from Proto-Indo-European *wert-. Cognate with Pali vaṭṭati, vattati.[1]

    Verb

    𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (vaṭṭaï) (Devanagari वट्टइ, Gujarati વટ્ટઇ, Kannada ವಟ್ಟಇ) (intransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī) [2][3][4]

    1. to exist, be
    2. to turn

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Eastern Hindi:
        • Awadhi: बाटब (bāṭab)
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
      • Bihari:
        • Bhojpuri: बाटल (bāṭal)
    • Insular Indo-Aryan:
      • Sinhalese: වටිනවා (waṭinawā)
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Sindhi: vaṭaṇu (“to turn”)
        Arabic script: وَٽَڻُ
        Devanagari script: वटणु
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Marathi: 𑘪𑘰𑘘𑘜𑘹 (vāṭaṇe)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vártatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 662
    2. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “वट्ट”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
    3. ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 203
    4. ^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 20.
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