𑀔𑀡𑀇
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Prakrit[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit खनति (khanati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kánati (“to dig”). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi).
Verb[edit]
𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï) (Devanagari खणइ, Kannada ಖಣಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)
- to dig
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 130.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 48.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khánati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press