Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀛𑀸𑀧𑀬𑀢𑀺
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Ashokan Prakrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ḍẓʰaHpáyati, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰ-eh₁ (“to burn”). Compare Pali jhāpeti, Vedic Sanskrit क्षापयति (kṣāpayati).
Verb
[edit]*𑀛𑀸𑀧𑀬𑀢𑀺 (*jhāpayati)[1]
- (transitive) to burn, singe
Derived terms
[edit]- 𑀛𑀸𑀧𑀬𑀺𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁂 (jhāpayitaviye, “ought to be burnt”, gerundive)
- *𑀛𑀸𑀧𑀦 (*jhāpana)
- Prakrit: 𑀛𑀸𑀯𑀡 (jhāvaṇa, “act of burning”)
- Sinhalese: [script needed] (davanavā, “to burn”, transitive).
- Prakrit: 𑀛𑀸𑀯𑀡 (jhāvaṇa, “act of burning”)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhāpayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 297