𑀔𑀡𑀇

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀔𑀦𑀢𑀺 (khanati). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀔𑀡𑀤𑀺 (khaṇadi).

𑀔𑀡𑀇 (khaṇaï) (Devanagari खणइ, Kannada ಖಣಇ) (transitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to dig

• Konkani: khaṇce, khaṇūka

  Devanagari script: खण्चे, खणूक

  Kannada script: ಖಣ್ಛೆ, ಖಂನೂಕ

  Latin script: khannche, khannuk

• Old Marathi: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khaṇaṇe), 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe, “to dig”)
  • Marathi: khaṇṇe

    Devanagari script: खणणे

    Modi script: 𑘏𑘜𑘜𑘹

  • Varhadi: khānna (< Old Marathi 𑘏𑘰𑘜𑘜𑘹 (khāṇaṇe))

    Devanagari script: खाननं

    Modi script: 𑘏𑘰𑘡𑘡𑘽

• 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, volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 130.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 48.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khánati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 200