𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇

Prakrit

Prakrit verb set
𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (khajjaï)
𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati

Sanskrit खाद॑ति (khā́dati)

Prakrit 𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇

Inherited from Sanskrit खाद॑ति (khā́dati), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰā́dati. Cognate with Pali khādati.

𑀔𑀸𑀅𑀇 (khāaï) (Devanagari खाअइ, Kannada ಖಾಅಇ) (transitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: खाना (khānā)
  - Urdu: کھانا (khānā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Assamese: খা (kha)
  - Bengali: খাওয়া (khaōẇa)
  - Kamta: kha
  - Rajbanshi: खाबा (khābā)
  - Sylheti: ꠈꠣꠅꠀ (xáoa)
- Bihari:
  Bhojpuri: खाईल / 𑂎𑂰𑂆𑂪 (khāīl)
- Odia: ଖାଇବା (khāibā)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Sinhalese: කනවා (kanawā)
- Dhivehi: ކަނީ (kanī)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Western Pahari:
  - Garhwali: खाणु (khāṇu)
- Nepali: खानु (khānu)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਖਾਣਾ / کھانا (khāṇā)
- Sindhi: کائِڻُ / खाइणु (khāiṇu)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Konkani: खाव्चे / ಖಾವ್ಚೆ / khavche (khāvce)
- Old Marathi: 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘹 / खाणे (khāṇe)
  - Marathi: खाणे (khāṇe)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati:
  - Gujarati: ખાવું (khāvũ)
  - Marwari: खाणौ (khāṇau)
- Romani: khal, xal
  - → Hungarian: kajál
    - ⇒ Hungarian: kaja

E.B. Cowell (1868), The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 168
Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[2], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 130.
Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 393
Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 52.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khāˊdati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press