𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀲𑁄𑀪𑀤𑀺 (sobhadi)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀰𑁄𑀪𑀢𑀺 (śóbhati). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀇 (sohaï), Pali sobhati.

Verb

𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 (sohadi) (Devanagari सोहदि) (intransitive) (Sauraseni)

to befit, shine
𑀓𑀺𑀤𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀆 […] 𑀲𑁄𑀳𑀤𑀺 ― kidavisesaā […] sohadi

Descendants

Gurjar Apabhramsa:
- Old Gujarati: सोहइ (sohaï)
  - Gujarati: સોહવું (sohvũ)
  - Marwari: सोहणौ (sohṇau)
Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Old Hindi: सोहना (sohanā)
  - Braj: सोहन (sohan)
  - Hindustani: sohnā
    Hindi: सोहना
    
    Urdu: سوہ٘نا

Further reading

Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 167.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śṓbhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 733

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