ڪسڻ

Sindhi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Gujarati કસવું (kasvũ), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀲𑀇 (kasaï, to rub; to stain), from Sanskrit कष॑ति (káṣati), from कर्ष॑ति (kárṣati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárṣati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káršati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷélseti, from *kʷels- (to pull, drag).

    Verb

    ڪَسَڻُ • (kasaṇu)

    1. to prove
    2. to try

    References

    • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910), “ڪَسَڻُ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kaṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press