𑀳𑁄𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

  • 𑀪𑁄𑀤𑀺 (bhodi)Śaurasenī
  • 𑀪𑀯𑀇 (bhavaï), 𑀪𑀯𑀏 (bhavae), 𑀳𑀼𑀯𑁃 (huvai)

Etymology

    Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑁄𑀢𑀺 (hoti), from 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺 (bhavati), from Sanskrit भव॑ति (bhávati), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-.

    Verb

    𑀳𑁄𑀇 (hoi) (Devanagari होइ, Kannada ಹೋಇ) (intransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

    1. to become; be

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
      • Kumaoni: हुणो (to be)
      • Nepali: हुनु (hunu), हो (ho)
      • Western Pahari:
        • Bhadrawahi: भोणू (bhōṇū)
        • Pangwali: भूणा (bhūṇā)
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਹੋਣਾ (hoṇā), ਹੌਣਾ (hauṇā)
        Shahmukhi script: حوݨَا (ḥoṇā), حَوݨَا (ḥauṇā)
      • Saraiki: [script needed] (ho-, to become, be)
      • Sindhi: huaṇu ("to be")
        Devanagari script: हुअणु
        Arabic script: هُاڻُ
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Marathi: 𑘮𑘻𑘜𑘹 (hoṇe)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:

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