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𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀇

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Prakrit

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit प्रसरति (prásarati). By surface analysis, 𑀧- (pa-) +‎ 𑀲𑀭𑀇 (saraï). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀤𑀺 (pasaradi), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑀰𑀮𑀤𑀺 (paśaladi).

Verb

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𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀇 (pasaraï) (Devanagari पसरइ, Kannada ಪಸರಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. to scatter, spread, extend

Descendants

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  • Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘭𑘨𑘜𑘹 (pasaraṇe)

References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prásarati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 144.
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 342