वाचणे

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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, 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 (1932-1950) “वाचक”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

Etymology 2

Marathi verb set
वाचणे (vāċṇe)
वाचवणे (vāċavṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘪𑘰𑘽𑘓𑘜𑘹 (vāṃcaṇe), from Maharastri Prakrit 𑀯𑀁𑀘𑀇 (vaṃcaï), from Sanskrit वञ्चति (váñcati). Compare Gujarati બચવું (bacvũ), Hindi बचना (bacnā), Sindhi وانجَڻُ / 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 (1932-1950) “वांचणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “váñcati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press