झपाटणे

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀛𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*jhappa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-). Compare Gujarati ઝાપટું (jhāpṭũ), ઝપેટવું (jhapeṭvũ), Hindustani جَھپَٹْنا (jhapaṭnā) / झपटना (jhapaṭnā), Punjabi ਝਪਟਣਾ (jhapṭaṇā) / جھپٹݨا (jhpṭṇā), Odia ଝପଟ (jhôpôṭô), Maithili झपटब (jhapᵊṭab) / 𑒗𑒣𑒙𑒥 (jhapaṭaba).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

झपाटणे • (jhapāṭṇe) (transitive)

1. seize, take possession of

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “झपाटणे”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 52.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “झपाटणें”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 329
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “झपाटणें”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhapp¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 294