Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀔𑀸𑀟

This 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.

Prakrit

Etymology

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 Prakrit 𑀔𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀸 (khaḍḍā). Punjabi, however, does not reflect a geminated consonant in this set of cognates.

Noun

*𑀔𑀸𑀟 (*khāḍa) m (Devanagari *खाड) [2]

  1. a hollow, hole

Descendants

  • Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਖਾੜ (khāṛ), ਖਾੜੀ (khāṛī)
      Shahmukhi script: کھاڑ (khāṛ), کھاڑی (khāṛī)
  • Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Western Indo-Aryan:

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992–2001), “kartá-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 317
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 203
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