𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑁄𑀪𑀤𑀺 (sobhadi)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀰𑁄𑀪𑀢𑀺 (śóbhati). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀇 (sohaï), Pali sobhati.
Verb
𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 (sohadi) (Devanagari सोहदि) (intransitive) (Sauraseni)
- to befit, shine
- 𑀓𑀺𑀤𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀆 […] 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 ― kidavisesaā […] sohadi
Descendants
- Gurjar Apabhramsa:
- Old Gujarati: सोहइ (sohaï)
- Gujarati: સોહવું (sohvũ)
- Marwari: सोहणौ (sohṇau)
- Old Gujarati: सोहइ (sohaï)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Old Hindi: सोहना (sohanā)
- Braj: सोहन (sohan)
- Hindustani: sohnā
- Hindi: सोहना
- Urdu: سوہ٘نا
- Old Hindi: सोहना (sohanā)
Further reading
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 167.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śṓbhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 733