𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (pĕcchaï), 𑀧𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (picchaï)
• 𑀧𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (pikkhaï)
• 𑀧𑁂𑀳𑀇 (pehaï)
• 𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 (pĕkkhadi) — Śaurasenī
• 𑀧𑁂𑀲𑁆𑀓𑀤𑀺 (pĕskadi) — Māgadhī

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-

Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.

Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)

Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate)

Prakrit 𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (pĕkkhaï)

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate), from प्र- (pra-) + ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate). Cognate with Pali pekkhati.

Verb

𑀧𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (pĕkkhaï) (Devanagari पेक्खइ)

1. to see, look at

   Synonym: 𑀤𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dĕkkhaï)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Awadhi: पेखइ (pekhaï)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: पेखना (pekhnā)
    • Urdu: پیکھْنا (pekhnā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Middle Bengali: পেখা (pekha)
      • Bengali: (obsolete) পেখা (pekha)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:
    • Gurmukhi script: ਪੇਖਣਾ (pekhṇā)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: पेखणे (pekhṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: પેખવું (pekhvũ)
  • Romani: pićel

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 77
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 114.