𑘏𑘨𑘓

Old Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خرچ (xarč), from Arabic خَرْج (ḵarj). Compare Old Punjabi ਖਰਚੁ (kharacu).

Noun

𑘏𑘨𑘓 (kharaca) m (Devanagari खरच)

1. expenditure

   Synonym: 𑘪𑘿𑘧𑘧 (vyaya)

   • Pañcopākhyāna page 168, line 7:

     𑘝𑘻 𑘑𑘨𑘲𑘽 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘠𑘰𑘡𑘳 𑘎𑘹𑘩𑘰 : 𑘪𑘹𑘓𑘳𑘏𑘨𑘓𑘳 𑘝𑘧𑘰𑘓𑘹𑘡𑘲 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘹𑘽 𑘮𑘻𑘧𑘹 :

     to gharīṃ pradhānu kelā : vecukharacu tayācenī hāteṃ hoye :

Derived terms

• 𑘏𑘨𑘿𑘎𑘜𑘹 (kharkaṇe, “to spend”), 𑘏𑘨𑘿𑘓𑘜𑘹 (kharcaṇe, “to remove”)
  • Marathi:

    Devanagari script: खर्च़णे (kharċaṇe)

    Modi script: 𑘏𑘨𑘿𑘓𑘜𑘹 (kharcaṇe)

  • Varhadi: kharacna

    Devanagari script: खरचनं

    Modi script: 𑘏𑘨𑘓𑘡𑘽

Descendants

• Marathi:

  Devanagari script: खर्च़ (kharċa)

  Modi script: 𑘏𑘨𑘿𑘓 (kharca)

Further reading

• Tulpule, Shankar Gopal; Feldhaus, Anne, “खरच”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan, 1999, page 180.