शकणे

Marathi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱek-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaknáwti

Sanskrit श॒क्नोति॑ (śaknóti)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï)

Apabhramsa सक्कइ (sakkaï)

Marathi शकणे (śakṇe)

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘫𑘎𑘜𑘹 (śakaṇe), 𑘭𑘎𑘜𑘹 (sakaṇe), from Apabhramsa सक्कइ (sakkaï), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀇 (sakkaï), from Sanskrit शक्नोति (śaknóti),^[1] from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śaknáwti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaknáwti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱₔk-néw-ti, from the root *ḱek- (“to be able”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɕək.ɳe/

Verb

शकणे • (śakṇe) (intransitive)

1. to be able to
2. (modal auxiliary) can

Usage notes

शकणे (śakṇe) is V₂ in the verbal construction V₁ + V₂ in which V₁ is the main verb suffixed with -ऊ.^[2]

मी हे काम करू शकतो.

mī he kām karū śakto.

I can do this work.

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śaknṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
2. Dhongde, Ramesh Vaman, Wali, Kashi (2009) Marathi, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Pub. Co., page 69

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शकणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शकणें”, 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) “शकणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).