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Old Hindi
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शोषयति (śoṣáyati).[1] Cognate with Old Punjabi ਸੋਖਿ (sokhi), Old Marathi 𑘫𑘻𑘬𑘜𑘹 (śoṣaṇe), 𑘫𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘹 (śokaṇe), 𑘫𑘻𑘏𑘜𑘹 (śokhaṇe), 𑘭𑘻𑘎𑘜𑘹 (sokaṇe), 𑘭𑘻𑘏𑘜𑘹 (sokhaṇe), Old Bengali সোষই.
Verb
सोषना (soṣanā /sokhanā/) (transitive)
- to suck, absorb
c. 1420,
Kabīr,
Kabīr Vāṇī 185.1:
- उलटी गंग संमुद्रहि सोषै॥
ससिहर सूर ग्रासै॥- ulaṭī gaṃga saṃmudrahi soṣai.
sasihara sūra grāsai. - the reversed Ganga dries up the ocean,
the moon swallows the sun
c. 1420,
Kabīr,
Kabīr Vāṇī 185.8:
- बाज पिय़ालै अम्रित सोष्या॥
नदी नीर भरि राष्या॥- sucked / dried up the nectar without a cup:
the river filled up with the liquid/water
Descendants
References
Further reading
- Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 570