𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑀸𑀤𑀺 (suṇādi)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇóti). Cognate to Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑀇 (suṇaï), Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀇 (suṇei), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (śuṇedi), Pali suṇāti.
Verb
𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀤𑀺 (suṇedi) (Devanagari सुणेदि) (transitive) (Sauraseni)
- to listen, hear
Descendants
- Old Gujarati: सुणइ (suṇaï)
- Gujarati: સુણવું (suṇvũ)
- Hindustani: sunnā
- Hindi: सुनना
- Urdu: سننا
- Romani: śunel, ashunel, shunel; aśunel; ašunel, šunel
- Caló: junar
- → Spanish: junar (“see, watch, observe”)
- Caló: junar
Further reading
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 357.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “suṇēdi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press