𑀕𑀠

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Prakrit 𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha)

Inherited from Sanskrit *गृध (gṛdha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás.

Noun

𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha) m (Devanagari गढ)

1. fort

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: गढ़ (gaṛh)
    • Urdu: گڑھ (gaṛh)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: গড় (gor)
    • Bengali: গড় (goṛ)
  • Odia: ଗଡ଼ (gaṛa)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Kumaoni: गड़
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਗਡ਼੍ਹ (gaṛh)

    Shahmukhi script: گَڑھ (gaṛh)

  • Saraiki: ڳَڑھ (g̈aṛh)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: 𑘐𑘛𑘲 (gaḍhī)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: गढ (gaḍha)
    • Gujarati: ગઢ (gaḍh)

Further reading

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