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Middle Gujarati
Etymology
Inherited from Old Gujarati राषिवउं (rāṣivaüṃ /rākhivaüṃ/), from Prakrit 𑀭𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (rakkhaï), from Sanskrit रक्षति (rákṣati). Cognate with Middle Bengali রাখ (rakh).
Verb
राखिवुं (rākhivũ) (transitive)
- to guard, to protect
1624 – 1627, साधुसुन्दरगणी,
उक्तिरत्नाकर page ३९, column २:
- राखइ रक्षति।
Descendants
Further reading
- जयंत कोठारी [Jayant Kothari] (1995) “राखिवुं”, in मध्यकालीन गुजराती शब्दकोश, लालभाई दलपतभाईनो वंडो, पानकोरनाका, अहमदावाद ३८० ००१ : कलिकालसर्वज्ञ श्री हेमचन्द्राचार्य नवम जन्मशताब्दी स्मृति संस्कार शिक्षण निधि , page ४१७, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “rákṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611