𑀥𑀭𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀥𑀭𑀤𑀺 (dharadi) — Śaurasenī
𑀥𑀭𑁂𑀇 (dharei) — Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar-

Sanskrit धृ (dhṛ)der.

Sanskrit धर॑ति (dhárati)

Prakrit 𑀥𑀭𑀇

Inherited from Sanskrit धर॑ति (dhárati),^[1] from धृ (dhṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-.

Verb

𑀥𑀭𑀇 (dharaï) (Devanagari धरइ, Kannada ಧರಇ) (transitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī) ^[2]^[3]

to support, bear
to hold
Near-synonyms: 𑀕𑀳𑀇 (gahaï), 𑀧𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀇 (paggaï)

Descendants

Descendants

Apabhramsa: धरइ (dharaï), धरेइ (dharei)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: धरना (dharnā, “to beat; to hold”)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Bengali-Assamese:
    - Assamese: ধৰ (dhor), ⇒ ধৰা (dhora)
    - Bengali: ধরা (dhora)
    - Sylheti: ꠗꠞꠣ (dóra, “to catch”)
  - Odia: ଧରିବା (dharibā)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
  - Nepali: धर्नु (dharnu)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi: ਧਰਣਾ (dharṇā)
  - Sindhi: ڌَرَڻُ / धरणु (dharaṇu)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Konkani: धर्चे (dharce)
  - Old Marathi: 𑘠𑘨𑘜𑘹 / धरणे (dharaṇe)
    - Marathi: धरणे (dharṇe)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: ધરવું (dharvũ)
  - Romani: therel

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dhárati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 386
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “धर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
^ Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 342