𑀘𑀟𑀇

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Prakrit

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown. Hoernlé suggests derivation from Sanskrit उत्-शदति (ut-śadati, to rise up), from the root शद् (śad, to fall).[1][2] Gray argues for inheritance from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (to rise up), but this is speculative.[3]

Verb

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𑀘𑀟𑀇 (caḍaï) (Devanagari चडइ) [4][5]

  1. to rise, climb
  2. to sit on

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Hoernlé, A. F. Rudolf (1880) “चढ़्”, in “A Collection of Hindi Roots, with Remarks on their Derivation and Classification”, in Journal of The Asiatic Society of Bengal[1], volume 49, page 45
  2. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “چڙهنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  3. ^ Gray, Louis H[erbert] (1940) “Fifteen Prākrit-Indo-European Etymologies”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[2], volume 16, number 3, pages 361–369
  4. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “चड”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
  5. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*caḍhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 248