𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀤𑀺 (dukkhedi), 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 (dukkhadi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀔𑀻𑀬𑀢𑀺 (dukhīyati)

Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀇 (dukkhei)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀔𑀻𑀬𑀢𑀺 (dukhīyati, Dhauli) from Sanskrit 𑀤𑀼𑀂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (duḥkhati), 𑀤𑀼𑀂𑀔𑀬𑀢𑀺 (duḥkhayati), 𑀤𑀼𑀂𑀔𑀻𑀬𑀢𑀺 (duḥkhīyati).

Verb

𑀤𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔𑁂𑀇 (dukkhei) (Devanagari दुक्खेइ, Kannada ದುಕ್ಖೇಇ) (transitive, intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to ache, hurt, pain

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Braj: दूखन (dūkhan)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: दुखना (dukhnā)

    Urdu: دُکھْنا (dukhnā)

• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: दुख्नु (dukhnu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Punjabi: ਦੁਖਿ (dukhi)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਦੁਖਣਾ (dukhṇā)

      Shahmukhi script: دُکھݨا (dukhṇā)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڏُکَڻُ

    Devanagari script: ॾुखणु

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi:

    Modi script: 𑘟𑘳𑘏𑘜𑘹 (dukhaṇe)

    Devanagari script: दुखणे (dukhaṇe)

    • Marathi: दुखणे (dukhṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: દુખવું (dukhvũ)
  • Marwari: दुखणौ (dukhṇau)

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 384