𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀱𑀢𑀺 (rákṣati). Cognate to Pali rakkhati.

Verb

𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï) (Devanagari रक्खइ, Kannada ರಕ್ಖಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

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

     𑀅𑀳𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀡𑁄 𑀤𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀙𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑀧𑀇𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀁𑀢𑀻
     𑀡𑀺𑀅𑀯𑀁𑀥𑀯𑀸𑀡 𑀚𑀽𑀭𑀇 𑀖𑀭𑀺𑀡𑀻 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀯𑁂𑀡 𑀏𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀁

     ahiāimāṇiṇo duggaassa chāiṃ païssa rakkhaṃtī
     ṇiavaṃdhavāṇa jūraï ghariṇī vihaveṇa eṃtāṇaṃ

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Protecting the self-image of her husband, who is poor but proud of his breeding,
       The wife scorns her own relatives as they arrive with rich presents.

Descendants

Terms inherited from 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï)

• Assamese: ৰখা (rokha), ৰাখা (rakha)
• Middle Bengali: রাখ (rakh)
  • Bengali: রাখা (rakha)
• Dogri: rakkhnā

  Devanagari script: रक्खना

  Dogra script: 𑠤𑠊𑠹𑠋𑠝𑠬

• Old Gujarati: राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ /⁠rākhivaüṃ⁠/)
  • Gojri: رکھنو (rakhno)
  • Middle Gujarati: राखिवुं (rākhivũ)
    • Gujarati: રાખવું (rākhvũ)
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: राखणौ (rākhṇau)

    Mahajani script: 𑅭𑅖𑅢𑅒 (rkhṇu)

• Old Hindi: रषना (raṣanā /⁠rakhanā⁠/)
  • Hindustani: rakhnā

    Hindi: रखना

    Urdu: رَکْھنَا (rakhnā)

• Konkani:

  Devanagari script: राख्चे (rākhce)

  Latin script: rakhche

  Kannada script: ರಾಕ್ಚೆ

• Magahi: 𑂩𑂰𑂎𑂪 (rākhal)
• Maithili: rākhab

  Devanagari script: राखब

  Tirhuta script: 𑒩𑒰𑒐𑒥

• Malvi: राखणो (rākhṇo)
• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: राकणे (rākaṇe), राखणे (rākhaṇe)

  Modi script: 𑘨𑘰𑘎𑘜𑘹 (rākaṇe), 𑘨𑘰𑘏𑘜𑘹 (rākhaṇe)

  • Marathi: राखणे (rākhṇe)
  • Varhadi: राखनं (rākhna)
• Nepali: राख्नु (rākhnu)
• Odia: ରଖିବା (rôkhiba)
• Old Punjabi: ਰਖਿ (rakhi /⁠rakkhi⁠/), ਰਾਖਿ (rākhi)
  • Punjabi: rakkhaṇā

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੱਖਣਾ

    Shahmukhi script: رَکّھݨا

• Saraiki:

  Devanagari script: रखण

  Shahmukhi script: رَکَھݨ (rakhaṇ)

  Multani script: 𑊢𑊅𑊕 (rkhṇ)

• Sindhi: rakhaṇu

  Arabic script: رَکَڻُ

  Devanagari script: रखणु

  Khudawadi script: 𑋙𑊻𑋌𑋣

• Sinhalese: රකිනවා (rakinawā)
• Sylheti: ꠞꠣꠈꠣ (raxá)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “रक्ख”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 332.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611