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. Jules Bloch (1920) La Formation de la Langue Marathe [The Formation of the Marathi Language], Delhi: Motilal Banarasidass, published 1970, page 394
  2. McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), बाँचना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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