𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀡𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (ṇaṭṭaï) — Ardhamagadhi
• 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀤𑀺 (ṇaccadi) — Sauraseni

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀦𑀾𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀢𑀺 (nṛ́tyati). Cognate with Pali naccati.

Verb

𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (ṇaccaï) (Devanagari णच्चइ, Kannada ಣಚ್ಚಇ) (intransitive) (Maharastri, Jain Maharastri)

1. to dance
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 38:

     𑀚𑀳-𑀚𑀳 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀇 𑀧𑀺𑀑 𑀢𑀳-𑀢𑀳 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀘𑀁𑀘𑀮𑁂 𑀧𑁂𑀫𑁆𑀫𑁂
     𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 𑀯𑀮𑁂𑀇 𑀅𑀁𑀕𑀁 𑀲𑀳𑀸𑀯𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥𑁂-𑀯𑀺 𑀭𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀁𑀫𑀺

     jaha-jaha vāei pio taha-taha ṇaccāmi caṃcale pĕmme
     vallī valei aṃgaṃ sahāvathaddhe-vi rukkhaṃmi

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Since love is fickle, I dance to my lover’s tune.
       A creeper twines itself around the unbending tree.

   • c. 700 CE, Anonymous, Maṇipati-Carita 863:

     𑀆𑀭𑀽𑀠𑀸 𑀪𑀸𑀲𑀁𑀢𑁂 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀲𑀺 𑀓𑀺𑀁 𑀦𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀉𑀁 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀽
     𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀢𑁂𑀡-𑀯𑀺 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀸𑀫𑀺 𑀤𑁄-𑀯𑀺 𑀯𑀸𑀏𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀳-𑀬 𑀢𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛𑁂

     ārūḍhā bhāsaṃte jāṇasi kiṃ nacciuṃ tumaṃ sāhū
     bhaṇiyaṃ teṇa-vi jāṇāmi do-vi vāĕjjaha-ya tujjhe

     • 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams

       As they went up they said: 'Do you know how to dance, sadhu?'
       He replied: 'I do, you both play for me.’

Descendants

Terms inherited from 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (ṇaccaï)

• Assamese: নাচা (nasa)
• Old Bengali: নাচা (nācā)
  • Middle Bengali: নাচা (naca)
    • Bengali: নাচা (naca)
  • Sylheti: ꠘꠣꠌꠣ (nasa)
• Dogri: naccnā

  Devanagari script: नच्चना

  Dogra script: 𑠝𑠏𑠹𑠏𑠝𑠬

• Kachchi: નચણુ (nacṇu)
• Konkani:

  Devanagari script: नाच़्चे

  Kannada script: ನಾಚ಼್ಚೆ

  Latin script: nachche

• Maithili: nācab

  Devanagari script: नाचब

  Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒰𑒔𑒥

• Old Marathi: nācaṇe

  Devanagari script: नाचणे

  Modi script: 𑘡𑘰𑘓𑘜𑘹

  • Marathi: नाच़णे (nāċṇe)
  • Varhadi: नाचनं (nācna)
• Nepali: नाच्नु (nācnu)
• Odia: ନାଚିବା (naciba)
• Old Punjabi: ਨਚਿ (naci /⁠nacci⁠/), ਨਾਚਿ (nāci)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਨੱਚਣਾ (naccaṇā)

    Shahmukhi script: نَچّنا (naccnā)

• Saraiki:

  Devanagari script: नचण

  Multani script: 𑊚𑊊𑊕 (ncṇ)

  Shahmukhi script: نَچَݨ (nacaṇ)

• Sindhi: nacaṇu

  Arabic script: نَچَڻُ

  Devanagari script: नचणु

  Khudawadi script: 𑋑𑋀𑋌𑋣

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “णच्च”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 379.
• Otto von Böhtlingk (1877) “णच्चइ”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., →OCLC, page णच्चसि of 372
• Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “णच्च”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 621
• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 170
• 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^[2], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 137.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 197, 349, 408.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nŕ̊tyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427