हसिवउं

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit हसदि (hasadi), from Sanskrit हसति (hásati). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘮𑘰𑘭𑘜𑘹 (hāsaṇe), 𑘮𑘰𑘽𑘭𑘜𑘹 (hāṃsaṇe), Old Punjabi ਹਸਿ (hasi /⁠hassi⁠/).

Verb

हसिवउं • (hasivaüṃ) (intransitive)

1. to laugh
   • c. 14th century, Vasantavilās 55a:

     कान कि झलकद्दं वीजनउ वीज नउ चंद कि भालि।
     गल्ल हसइं सकलंक मयंकह विंवु विशाल॥

     kāna ki jhalakaddaṃ vījanaü vīja naü caṃda ki bhāli.
     galla hasaïṃ sakalaṃka mayaṃkaha viṃvu viśāla.

   • c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 281:

     हसीय कहइ हुंडिक नल नरी । फरस करावइ किम सुविचारि
     सांसइ मुझ-पाहिं विख्यात । सतीपणा नीजाणी वात

     hasīya kahaï huṃḍika nala narī. pharasa karāvaï kima suvicāri
     sāṃsaï mujha-pāhiṃ vikhyāta. satīpaṇā nījāṇī vāta

     Laughing, Hunḍika said, “How can the wife of Nala, with honourable intent, cause [a man] to touch her? This renowned conception of the chaste woman I regard as silly and doubtful […] ”

Descendants

• Gojri: ہَسنو (hasno)
• Gujarati: હસવું (hasvũ)
• Malvi: हँसणो (hãsṇo)
• Marwari:

  Devanagari script: हसणौ (hasṇau)

  Mahajani script: 𑅱𑅰𑅢𑅒 (hsṇu)

Further reading

• Ernest Bender (1951) “has-”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 370.
• मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी [Madhusudan Chimannlal Modi] (1960) “हसइं”, in वसन्त विलास [Vasantavilas, lit. The Joys of Spring], जोधपुर, राजस्थान [Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान [Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute], page ९१, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hásati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 811