The root પકડ઼ pakaṛ "hold" when inflected as પકડ઼ે "holds" remains written as pakaṛe even though pronounced as pakṛe.
Gujarati language and script developed in three distinct phases - 10th to 15th century, 15th to 17th century and 17th to 19th century.
The Gujarati script(ગુજરાતી લિપિ) was adapted from the Devanagari script to write the Gujarati language. 3 Gujarati letters, diacritics, and digits.