वाचणे

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • (formal) IPA(key): /ʋat͡s.ɳe/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ʋat͡s.ɳə/

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाचयति (vācayati, to cause to speak)[1][2] (compare Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘃𑘜𑘹 (vāīṇe) inherited from वाचयति (vācayati)); first attested as Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘓𑘜𑘹 (vācaṇe), 𑘪𑘰𑘔𑘜𑘹 (vāchaṇe) (compare Old Gujarati वांचइ (vāṃcaï)). Compare Konkani वाजुचे (vājuce), वाच्चे (vācce), Gujarati વાંચવું (vā̃cvũ), Hindi बाँचना (bā̃cnā), Punjabi ਵਾਚਣਾ (vācṇā) / واچݨا (vācṇā).

Verb

वाचणे • (vāċṇe) (transitive)

  1. to read
Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Bloch, Jules (1915/1920), La formation de la langue marathe (in French), Paris: Édouard Champion; republished as Dev Raj Chanana, transl., The Formation of the Marathi Language[1], Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970, page 394
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “बाँचना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “वाचणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “वाचणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “वाचक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)

Etymology 2

Marathi verb set
वाचणे (vāċṇe)
वाचवणे (vāċavṇe)

    Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘽𑘓𑘜𑘹 (vāṃcaṇe), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀁𑀘𑀇 (vaṃcaï), from Sanskrit वञ्च॑ति (váñcati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wánčati, from Proto-Indo-European *wénk-eti, from *wenk- (to bend). Compare Gujarati બચવું (bacvũ), Hindi बचना (bacnā), Sindhi وانجَڻُ (vā̃jaṇu) / वांजणु, Punjabi ਬਚਣਾ (bacṇā) / بَچݨا (bacṇā), Bengali বাঁচা (bãca).

    Verb

    वाचणे • (vāċṇe) (intransitive)

    1. to survive or be saved (the object being saved could be money, time or a life)

    Further reading

    • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983), “वाचणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
    • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), “वांचणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
    • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950), “वांचणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “váñcati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press