𑀧𑀼𑀲𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀙𑀇 (puṃchaï)

Etymology

From Sanskrit प्रोञ्छति (proñchati). Cognate with Pali puñchati.

Verb

𑀧𑀼𑀲𑀇 (pusaï) (Devanagari पुसइ, Kannada ಪುಸಇ) (transitive) (Maharastri)

1. to wipe
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 433:

     𑀧𑀼𑀲𑀇 𑀔𑀡𑀁, 𑀥𑀼𑀅𑀇 𑀔𑀡𑀁, 𑀧𑀧𑁆𑀨𑁄𑀟𑀇 𑀢𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀡𑀁 𑀅𑀆𑀡𑀁𑀢𑀻
     𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀯𑀳𑀽 𑀣𑀡𑀯𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂 𑀤𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 𑀤𑀇𑀏𑀡 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀯𑀅𑀁

     pusaï khaṇaṃ, dhuaï khaṇaṃ, papphoḍaï takkhaṇaṃ aāṇaṃtī
     muddhavahū thaṇavaṭṭe diṇṇaṃ daïeṇa ṇakkhavaaṃ

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       One moment she tried wiping, the next scrubbing, and after that rubbing.
       The young wife was completely at a loss, what to do with the nail mark her husband had left on her breast.

Descendants

• Sindhi:

पुसणु (Intransitive):

to get soaked, to get drenched

Other Forms: पुसाएणु (Transitive):

to soak (something), to drench (something)

• Old Marathi:

  Modi script: 𑘢𑘳𑘭𑘜𑘹 (pusaṇe)

  Devanagari script: पुसणे (pusaṇe)

  • Marathi: पुसणे (pusṇe)

References

• 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 145.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 347.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 19.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prōñchati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press