𑀨𑀸𑀮

Prakrit

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Sanskrit फाल (phāla)

Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla)

Inherited from Sanskrit फाल (phāla).

Noun

𑀨𑀸𑀮 (phāla) (Devanagari फाल, Kannada ಫಾಲ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. (agriculture) ploughshare

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: फाल (phāl), फाला (phālā), फार (phār), फारा (phārā)
    • Urdu: پھال (phāl), پھالا (phālā), پھار (phār), پھارا (phārā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Assamese: ফাল (phal)
  • Bengali: ফাল (phal)
  • Odia: ଫାଳ (phāḷa), ଫାର (phāra)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: फार (phār)
    • Maithili: फार (phār), फारा (phārā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bhadrawahi: फाल् (phāl)
  • Jaunsari: फावा (phāvā), फाळा (phāḷā)
  • Kumaoni: फालो (phālo), फाव् (phāw)
  • Nepali: फालि (phāli)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਫਾਲਾ (phālā), ਫਾਲੀ (phālī)

    Shahmukhi script: پھالا (phālā), پھالِی (phālī)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڦارُ (phāru)

    Devanagari script: फारु (phāru)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: फाळ (phāḷ)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “फाल”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press