Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀔𑀸𑀟
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Ashokan Prakrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Somehow related to Sanskrit कर्त (kartá, “hole”), काट (kāṭá), गर्त (gárta), but Mayrhofer ties these to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kártas (whence Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬴𐬀 (kaṣ̌a)).[1] The variety of forms of this term throughout Indo-Aryan point to a substrate borrowing.
There appears to be conflation with a very similar Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*khaḍḍa). Punjabi, however, does not reflect a geminated consonant in this set of cognates.
Noun
[edit]*𑀔𑀸𑀟 (*khāḍa) m
Descendants
[edit]- Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀔𑀸𑀟 (*khāḍa)
- Marathi: खाड (khāḍ, “hole”)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਖਾਡ਼ (khāṛ, “level land at the foot of a mountain”)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀔𑀸𑀟 (*khāḍa)
- Romani: xar (“hole”)
Derived terms
[edit]- *𑀔𑀸𑀟𑁆-𑀇𑀓𑀸 (*khāḍ-ikā, “bay, gulf”)
References
[edit]- ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001) “kartá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
Further reading
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*khāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press