𑀮𑁄𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa).

Noun

𑀮𑁄𑀡 (loṇa) n (Devanagari लोण) (Śaurasenī)

1. salt

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  Hindi: लोन (lon), लून (lūn), नोन (non), नून (nūn)

  Urdu: لون (lon), لُون (lūn), نون (non), نُوں (nū̃)

• Old Gujarati: लूण (lūṇa)
  • Gujarati: લૂણ (lūṇ)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਲੂਣ (lūṇ), ਨੂਣ (nūṇ)

  Shahmukhi script: لُوݨ (lūṇ), نُوݨ (nūṇ)

• Romani: lon

References

• Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119