पाहणे

Marathi

Alternative forms

• पाहाणे (pāhāṇe)

Etymology

Marathi verb set
पाहणे (pāhṇe)
पहावणे (pahāvṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘰𑘜𑘹 (pāṇe), 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘜𑘹 (pāhaṇe), 𑘢𑘰𑘮𑘰𑘜𑘹 (pāhāṇe). Beyond Old Marathi, there two possibilities:

• Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit [Term?], from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀘𑀸𑀳𑀢𑀺 (*pracāhati, “to look for”), from *𑀘𑀸𑀳𑁆 (*cāh, “to want”). This unattested root has reflexes in all branches of New Indo-Aryan, and also forms the basis for auxiliary markers of obligation or need (e.g. Hindi चाहिए (cāhie, “should”)) just as Marathi has पाहिजे (pāhije) from this verb. Thus, this is the most likely.
• Inherited from Maharastri Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit प्रभाति (prábhāti, “to shine forth, appear”). This is phonologically and semantically plausible, but not as compelling as the first.

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /paɦ.ɳe/, [pa.ɳe]
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /paɦ.ɳə/, [pa.ɳə]

Verb

पाहणे • (pāhṇe) (transitive)

1. to actively see, look at, watch

   Synonym: बघणे (baghṇe)

Derived terms

• वाट पाहणे (vāṭ pāhṇe, “to wait for”)

See also

• दिसणे (disṇe, “to be seen passively”)
• ऐकणे (aikṇe, “to hear, listen (to)”)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पाहणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पाहणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पाहणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).