बोलणे

Marathi

Etymology

Marathi verb set
बोलणे (bolṇe)
बोलावणे (bolāvṇe)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-

Sanskrit ब्रू (brū)?

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll)

Prakrit 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï)

Marathi बोलणे (bolṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘤𑘻𑘩𑘜𑘹 (bolaṇe), from Prakrit 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï). Compare Gujarati બોલવું (bolvũ) Hindi बोलना (bolnā), Punjabi ਬੋਲਣਾ (bolṇā) / بولݨا (bolṇā), Bengali বলা (bola).

Pronunciation

• (formal) IPA^(key): /bol.ɳe/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /bol.ɳə/

Verb

बोलणे • (bolṇe) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to speak

Derived terms

• बोल (bol, “word, lyrics”)
• बोलणी (bolṇī)
• बोलणे-चालणे (bolṇe-cālṇe)
• बोली (bolī, “dialect, language”)

 

See also

• म्हणणे (mhaṇṇe)
• सांगणे (sāṅgṇe)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “बोलणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “बोलणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “बोलणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press