𑀏𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀏𑀤𑀺 (edi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háyti

Sanskrit एति॑ (éti)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀏𑀢𑀺 (eti)

Prakrit 𑀏𑀇

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀏𑀢𑀺 (eti), from Sanskrit एति॑ (éti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háyti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éyti, from *h₁ey-.

Verb

𑀏𑀇 (ei) (Devanagari एइ, Kannada ಏಇ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to go

   Synonyms: 𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (gacchaï), 𑀲𑀭𑀇 (saraï)

2. to come

   Synonym: 𑀆𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (āgacchaï)

Descendants

• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: එනවා (enawā)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: येव्चे / ಯೆವ್ಚೆ / ievchem (yevce)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘊𑘜𑘹 / एणे (eṇe), 𑘧𑘹𑘜𑘹 / येणे (yeṇe)
    • Marathi: येणे (yeṇe)

References

• Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 141
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 13.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “áiti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḗti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press