बसणे

Marathi

Etymology

From Old Marathi बैसणें (baisaṇeṃ), बैठणे (baiṭhṇe), from Sanskrit उपविशति (upaviśati, “to sit; to approach”). Compare Gujarati બેસવું (besvũ), Hindi बैठना (baiṭhnā), Nepali बस्नु (basnu), Bengali বসা (bôśa), Assamese বহা (boha).

Verb

बसणे • (basṇe) (intransitive)

  1. to sit

References

  • James Thomas Molesworth (1857), “बसणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shankar Gopal Tulpule and Anne Feldhau (1999), “बसणे”, in A Dictionary of Old Marathi, Mumbai: Popular Prakashan
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “úpaviśati (2245)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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