વાંચવું

Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Old Gujarati वांचइ (vāṃcaï, to read), वाचइ (vācaï), adapted from Sanskrit वाचयति (vācayati, to cause to speak).[1][2] Compare Marathi वाचणे (vāċṇe), Hindi बाँचना (bā̃cnā), Punjabi ਵਾਚਣਾ (vācṇā) / واچݨا (vācṇā).

Verb

વાંચવું • (vā̃cvũ)

  1. to read
    તમે શું વાંચો છે?
    tame śũ vā̃co che?
    What are you reading?

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 (in English), Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1970, page 394
  2. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “बाँचना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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