Prakrit

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Etymology

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    With Sanskrit चमत्कृ (camatkṛ, to express astonishment), probably ultimately onomatopoeic.

    Noun

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    𑀘𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓 (camakkam (Devanagari चमक्क)

    1. surprise

    Alternative forms

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    • *𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*cammakka), *𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (*camma)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    From reduplicated *𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (*camma):

    References

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