𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas

Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha)

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyasder.

Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya)

Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)

Inherited from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya). The expected descendant (and probable intermediary) is *aḍhatatiya.

Numeral

𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya /aḍḍhatiya/) (cardinal number)

1. two and a half, 2.5

Alternative forms

Attested at Gavimath, Gujarra, Maski, Panguraria, Rupnath and Sahasram.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (“two and a half”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Rupnath	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Sahasram	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Gujarra	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Panguraria	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Bahapur	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
South	Siddapura	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Brahmagiri	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Maski	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Nittur	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)
	Gavimath	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (“two and a half”)
𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya) (6) 𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya) (5)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚 (aḍḍhāijja), 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀢𑀇𑀬 (addhataïya), 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚 (aḍḍhaïjja) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “aḍhatiya-”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 136
• Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 232.