राखिवुं

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Middle Gujarati

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ /⁠rākhivaüṃ⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्षति (rákṣati). Cognate with Middle Bengali রাখ (rakh).

Verb

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राखिवुं (rākhivũ) (transitive)

  1. to guard, to protect
    • 1624 – 1627, साधुसुन्दरगणी, उक्तिरत्नाकर page ३९, column २:
      राखइ रक्षति।

Descendants

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  • Gujarati: રાખવું (rākhvũ)

Further reading

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  • जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “राखिवुं”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi], page ४१७, column 1.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611