Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆
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Ashokan Prakrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps from Sanskrit *बूर्यते (būryate), a metathesised form of ब्रूयते (brūyate), from the root ब्रू (brū, “to speak, say”).[1]
Root
[edit]*𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll)[2]
Derived terms
[edit]- *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀢𑀺 (*bollati)
- Prakrit: 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï), 𑀩𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bullaï)
- Assamese: বোল (bül)
- Awadhi: बोलब (bolab)
- Bengali: বলা (bola)
- Bhojpuri: बोलल (bōlal)
- Bilaspuri: बोलणा (bolṇā)
- Old Gujarati: बोलिवउं (bolivaüṃ)
- Gujarati: બોલવું (bolvũ)
- Hindustani: bolnā
- Kullu Pahari: बोलणा (bolṇā)
- Mandeali: बोलणा (bolṇā)
- Old Marathi:
- Marathi: बोलणे (bolṇe)
- Nepali: बोल्नु (bolnu)
- Punjabi: ਬੋਲਣਾ (bolṇā)
- Prakrit: 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï), 𑀩𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bullaï)
- *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆-𑀅𑀓 (*boll-aka)
- → Classical Sanskrit: बोल्लक (bollaka)
References
[edit]- ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 876
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press