𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bullaï)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀢𑀺 (*bollati).

Verb

𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀇 (bŏllaï) (Devanagari बोल्लइ, Kannada ಬೊಲ್ಲಇ) (intransitive) (Maharastri)

1. to speak, say

Descendants

• Assamese: বোল (bül)
• Awadhi: बोलब (bolab)
• Bengali: বলা (bola)
• Bhojpuri: बोलल (bōlal)
• Bilaspuri: बोलणा (bolṇā)
• Old Gujarati: बोलिवउं (bolivaüṃ)
  • Gujarati: બોલવું (bolvũ)
• Hindustani: bolnā

  Hindi: बोलना

  Urdu: بولنا

• Kullu Pahari: बोलणा (bolṇā)
• Mandeali: बोलणा (bolṇā)
• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: बोलणे (bolaṇe)

  Modi script: 𑘤𑘻𑘩𑘜𑘹 (bolaṇe)

  • Marathi: बोलणे (bolṇe)
• Nepali: बोल्नु (bolnu)
• Punjabi: ਬੋਲਣਾ (bolṇā)

References

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 146.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press