Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀝𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Ashokan Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀝𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (ṭipp), 𑀝𑁂𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (ṭepp), 𑀝𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (ṭupp), 𑀝𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (ṭopp), 𑀞𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (ṭhipp)

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic.

Root

*𑀝𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*ṭapp)

1. to drip, drop

Derived terms

From *𑀝𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*ṭapp):

• Bengali: টপ (ṭop, “(the sound of dropping)”)
• 𑀝𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṭappa-kka)
  • Gujarati: ટપકું n (ṭapkũ, “a falling drop, dot”)
  • Marathi: टपका m (ṭapkā, “a falling drop”)
  • Hindi: टपक (ṭapak)
  • *𑀝𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧-𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀢𑀺 (*ṭippa-kkati)
    • Hindi: टपकना (ṭapaknā)
    • Bengali: টপকানো (ṭopkanō)

From *𑀝𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*ṭipp):

• Prakrit: 𑀝𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀻 f (ṭippī, “spot on forehead, dot”)
• Gujarati: ટીપું (ṭīpũ, “a drip, drop”)
• Marathi: टीप (ṭīp, “drop, tear”)
  • Marathi: टिपणे (ṭipṇe, “to drip”), टिपकणे (ṭipakṇe), टिपका (ṭipkā)

From *𑀞𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁆 (*ṭhipp):

• Marathi: ठिपकणे (ṭhipakṇe, “to dribble”)

References

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