𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀇

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Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀺 (dhā́vati). Cognate with Pali dhāvati.

Verb

𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀇 (dhāvaï) (Devanagari धावइ, Kannada ಧಾವಇ) (transitive, intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. to run
    • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 456:
      𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀇 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀑, 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 𑀪𑀫𑀇, 𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀻𑀧𑀳𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀲𑀁𑀞𑀸𑀇𑁇
      𑀡𑀯𑀮𑀇𑀓𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀢𑀼𑀳 𑀳𑀮𑀺𑀅𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢! 𑀤𑁂 𑀧𑀳𑀭𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 𑁈𑁪𑁫𑁬𑁈
      dhāvaï purao, pāsesu bhamaï, diṭṭhīpahaṃmi saṃṭhāi.
      ṇavalaïkarassa tuha haliaütta! de paharasu varāiṃ .456.
      • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
        456. As soon as you have a supple twig in your hand, she runs across your path, hovers on either side of you and happens to be wherever you are looking.
        You blockhead, can’t you see the poor girl desperately wants a good thrashing?
    • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti X. Agaladatta, page 72, line 1:
      𑀢𑀸 𑀑𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀇 𑀥𑀸𑀯𑀇 𑀘𑀮𑀇 𑀔𑀮𑀇 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀡𑀑 𑀢𑀳𑀸 𑀳𑁄𑀇𑁇
      𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀪𑀫𑀇 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀪𑀫𑀡𑀁 𑀭𑁄𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 𑀥𑀫𑀥𑀫𑁂𑀁𑀢𑁄 𑀲𑁄 𑁈𑁬𑁧𑁈
      tā odhāvaï dhāvaï calaï khalaï pariṇao tahā hoi.
      paribhamaï cakka-bhamaṇaṃ roseṇaṃ dhamadhameṃto so .61.
      61. Thereupon, panting with fury, rushed and ran and shook and stumbled
      and tried to strike with its tusks and whirled about in a circle.
  2. to wash, purify

Derived terms

Terms derived from *𑀥𑀸𑀯-𑀟-𑀇 (*dhāva-ḍa-i) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-))

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “धाव”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: , page 489.
  • 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 142.
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 127, 345
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhāˊvati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 389
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