मिलिवउं

Old Gujarati

Alternative forms

मलिवउं (malivaüṃ)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mey-?

Proto-Indo-European *meyḱ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mićrás

Sanskrit मि॒श्र (miśrá)der.?

Sanskrit मिलति (milati)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀮𑀇 (milaï)

Old Gujarati मिलिवउं

Inherited from Apabhramsa 𑖦𑖰𑖩𑖂 (milaï), from Prakrit 𑀫𑀺𑀮𑀇 (milaï), from Sanskrit मिलति (milati).^[1]

Cognates

Other Early New Indo-Aryan cognates include Old Hindi मिलना (milanā), Old Marathi 𑘦𑘲𑘯𑘜𑘹 (mīḷaṇe), Old Punjabi ਮਿਲਿ (mili), Old Awadhi 𑂧𑂱𑂪𑂅 (milaï).

Verb

मिलिवउं • (milivaüṃ) (intransitive)^[2]^[3]

to meet
- c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 94:
  मृगमद-चंदन महमहइं-ए।
  साजण सवि हीयडए गहगहइं-ए नर-नारी जोवा मिलइं-ए।
  पथि हय-गय-रथ मिथ आफलइं-ए ॥९४॥
  mṛgamada-caṃdana mahamahaïṃ-e.
  sājaṇa savi hīyaḍae gahagahaïṃ-e nara-nārī jovā milaïṃ-e.
  pathi haya-gaya-ratha mitha āphalaïṃ-e.94.
  1951 translation by Ernst Bender
  94. There was a fragrance of musk and sandal.
  All the kinfolk were excited in their hearts.
  Men and women gathered to look, and horses, elephants and carts [in the wedding procession] brushed against another as they moved along roads.
- c. 1455, Padmanābha, Kānhaḍade Prabandha Canto II, line 151:
  इसूं कही नवि लाई वार, राणी सवि कर्या सिणगार।
  चंदनकाठ आणीउ घणउ, तिहां परिवार मिलिउ तेह तणउ ॥१५१॥
  isūṃ kahī navi lāī vāra, rāṇī savi karyā siṇagāra.
  caṃdanakāṭha āṇīu ghaṇaü, tihāṃ parivāra miliu teha taṇaü.151.
  1991 translation by V. S. Bhatnagar
  151. After this they delayed not.
  They dressed for the occasion, bedecking themselves with ornaments and fineries.
  Large quantities of sandalwood were brought.
  Then their family members gathered to meet them for the final parting.

Descendants

Gujaratic:
- Middle Gujarati: मिलवुं
  - Gujarati: મળવું (maḷvũ)
- Saurashtra: ꢪꢶꢳꢱ꣄ꢡꢾ (miḷaste)
Rajasthani:
- Ahirani: मियनं (miyna)
- Eastern Rajasthani:
  - Malvi: मिलणो (milṇo)
  - Nimadi: मिलणूं (milṇū̃)
- Gojri: مِلْنو (milno)
- Mewati: मिलणो (milṇo)
- Western Rajasthani:
  - Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मिलणौ (milṇau), मिळणौ (miḷṇau)
    
    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅑𑅮𑅢𑅒 (milṇu /⁠milṇau⁠/), 𑅬𑅑𑅮𑅳𑅐𑅢𑅒 (milaṇu /⁠miḷṇau⁠/)
  - Mewari: मलणो (malṇo)

References

More information

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “miláti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 583
^ Ernest Bender (1951), “mil-”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 361, column 2.
^ जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995), “मिलइ”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi], page 394, column 1.

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “miláti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 583

[2] Ernest Bender (1951), “mil-”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 361, column 2.

[3] जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995), “मिलइ”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश [Mediaeval Gujarati Dictionary], लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ [Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Road, Pankornaka, Ahmedabad 380 001]: कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि [Kalikāla-Sarvajña Śrī Hemacandrācārya Navama Janma-Śatābdī Smṛti Saṃskāra Śikṣaṇa Nidhi], page 394, column 1.

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