𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀼𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkuṇodi)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit शक्नोति (śaknóti). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï), Pali sakkoti.
Verb
𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀡𑁄𑀤𑀺 (sakkaṇodi) (Devanagari सक्कणोदि) (intransitive) (Sauraseni)
- to be able to
Descendants
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: सकना (saknā)
- Urdu: سکنا (saknā)
- Old Gujarati: सकिवउं (sakivaũ)
- Gujarati: શકવું (śakvũ)
Further reading
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 145.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 53.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śaknṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press