𑀲𑀢

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit शत (śatá, “hundred”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śatám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Pali sata.

Numeral

𑀲𑀢 (sata) (Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada, Kalsi, Rupnath, Sahasram)

1. hundred

Alternative forms

Attested at Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada, Kalsi, Rupnath and Sahasram.

Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀢 (“hundred”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀱𑀢 (ṣata), 𑀲𑀢 (sata)
	Delhi-Topra	𑀲𑀢 (sata)
	Rupnath	𑀲𑀢 (sata)
	Sahasram	𑀲𑀢 (sata)
East	Dhauli	𑀲𑀢 (sata)
	Jaugada	𑀲𑀢 (sata)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨭𐨟 (śata)
	Mansehra	𐨭𐨟 (śata)
West	Girnar	𑀲𑀢 (sata)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀢 (“hundred”)
𑀲𑀢 (sata) (7) 𐨭𐨟 (śata) (2) 𑀱𑀢 (ṣata) (1)

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬 (saya)
• Helu Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢 (sata), *𑀲𑀬 (*saya)
  • Dhivehi: ހިއަ (hia) (dialectal, archaic)
  • Sinhalese: සිය (siya)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀤 (śada)
  • Assamese: শ (xo)
  • Bengali: শ (śo)
  • Bhojpuri: सौ (sau)
  • Odia: ଶହ (śaha)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀅 (saa)
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: -शे (-śe)

    Kannada script: -ಶೆ (-śe)

    Latin script: -xem

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: श्ये (śye), सें (seṃ)

    Modi script: 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘹 (śye), 𑘭𑘹𑘽 (seṃ)

    • Marathi: -शे (-śe)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀤 (sada)
  • Old Gujarati: सउ (saü)
    • Gujarati: સો (so)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: सौ (sau)

    Urdu: سو (sau)

  • Nepali: सय (saya)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਸੌ (sau)

    Shahmukhi script: سَو (sau)

  • Romani: śel, šel (Pan-Vlax), shel, șăl
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: سؤ

    Devanagari script: सउ

References

• Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 137.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sahásra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press