Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆

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

Etymology

Unknown.

Root

*𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*bhull)

1. to err, forget

Descendants

• *𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*bhulla, “forgotten”)
  • Prakrit: 𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (bhulla), 𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bhullaï), 𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀤𑀺 (bhulladi)
    • Bengali: ভোলা (bhōla)
    • Gujarati: ભુલવું (bhulvũ)
    • Hindustani:
      • Hindi: भूलना (bhūlnā)
      • Urdu: بھولنا (bhūlnā)
    • Punjabi: ਭੁੱਲਣਾ (bhullaṇā)
    • Nepali: भुल्नु (bhulnu)
    • Marathi: भुलणे (bhulṇe)
• *𑀪𑁄𑀮𑀢𑀺 (*bholati, “leads astray”) (transitivized)
  • Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀮𑀇 (bholaï, “deceives”), Prakrit: 𑀪𑁄𑀮𑀯𑀇 (bholavaï)
    • Gujarati: ભોળવવું (bhoḷavvũ, “to deceive”)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhull”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Monier Williams (1899) “Ashokan Prakrit/𑀪𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 765/3, 766/1, 769/1.