𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀭𑀤𑀺 (karadi)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit करोति (karóti), from Vedic Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑁂𑀤𑀺 (kaledi), Pali karoti.

Verb

𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀤𑀺 (karedi) (Devanagari करेदि) (transitive) (Sauraseni)

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Descendants

• Ahirani: करनं (karna)
• Garhwali: करणु (karṇu)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: करना (karnā)

  Urdu: کرنا (karnā)

• Nepali: गर्नु (garnu)
• Old Gujarati: करिवउं (karivaũ)
  • Gujarati: કરવું (karvũ)
  • Marwari: करणौ (karṇau)
  • Mewari: करणो (karṇo)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਕਰਨਾ (karnā)

  Shahmukhi script: کَرنا (karnā)

• Romani: kerel
• Sindhi:

  Arabic script: ڪَرَڻُ

  Devanagari script: करणु

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 360.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 52.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karēi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press