Ashokan Prakrit edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit क्षुद्रक (kṣudraka).

Adjective edit

𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨐 (khudaka)[1]

  1. small, minute

Alternative forms edit

Attested at Mansehra.

Dialectal forms of 𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨐 (“small, minute”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀔𑀼𑀤𑀓 (khudaka)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨐 (khudraka)
Mansehra 𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨐 (khudaka)
West Girnar 𑀙𑀼𑀤𑀓 (chudaka)
Map of dialectal forms of 𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨐 (“small, minute”)
 
𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨐 (khudaka) (1)
𑀙𑀼𑀤𑀓 (chudaka) (1)
𑀔𑀼𑀤𑀓 (khudaka) (1)
𐨑𐨂𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨐 (khudraka) (1)

References edit

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