धरित्ती

Apabhramsa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰar-

Sanskrit धृ (dhṛ)

Sanskrit धरित्री (dharitrī)

Apabhramsa धरित्ती (dharittī)

Inherited from Sanskrit धरित्री (dharitrī).

Noun

धरित्ती (dharittī) f

1. earth
   • c. 10th century CE, Puṣpadanta, Mahāpurāṇa

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Eastern Hindi:
    • Old Awadhi: धरती (dharatī)
  • Western Hindi:
    • Hindustani: dhartī

      Hindi: धरती

      Urdu: دَھرْتی

• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ਧਰਤ (dharat), ਧਰਤੀ (dhartī)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: धरती (dhartī)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: ધરતી (dhartī)

References

• Dr. Devendra Kumar Jain (2003) Mahākaipuphphayantaviraiu Mahāpurāṇu‎^[1], Bharatiya Jnanpith
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dháritrī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 386