𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀤𑀺 (bŏlladi) — Śaurasenī
• 𑀩𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bullaï)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-

Sanskrit ब्रू (brū)?

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll)

Prakrit 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll), possibly from Sanskrit ब्रू (brū), from Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-.

Verb

𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï) (Devanagari बोल्लइ, Kannada ಬೊಲ್ಲಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to speak, say

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Awadhi: बोलब (bolab)
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: बोलना (bolnā)
    • Urdu: بولْنَا (bolnā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: বোল (bül)
    • Bengali: বলা (bola)
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: बोलल (bōlal)
    • Magahi: बोलल (bōlal)
  • Odia: ବୋଲିବା (bolibā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: बोल्नु (bolnu)
  • Western Pahari:
    • Bilaspuri: बोलणा (bolṇā)
    • Kullu Pahari: बोलणा (bolṇā)
    • Mandeali: बोलणा (bolṇā)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਬੋਲਣਾ (bolṇā)

    Shahmukhi script: بولݨا (bolṇā)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ٻولَڻُ (ḇolaṇu)

    Devanagari script: ॿोलणु (ḇolaṇu)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: बोलणे (bolaṇe)

    Modi script: 𑘤𑘻𑘩𑘜𑘹 (bolaṇe)

    • Marathi: बोलणे (bolṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: बोलिवउं (bolivaüṃ)
    • Gujarati: બોલવું (bolvũ)
    • Marwari: बोलणौ (bolṇau)

References

• 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 146.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press