𑀪𑀻𑀟𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Habʰí

Sanskrit अभि- (abhi-)

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Sanskrit वृत् (vṛt)

Sanskrit अभिवृत् (abhivṛt)der.?

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ)der.

Prakrit 𑀪𑀻𑀟𑀇 (bhīḍaï)

Derived from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ).

Verb

𑀪𑀻𑀟𑀇 (bhīḍaï) (Devanagari भीडइ)

1. to meet
2. to fight

Descendants

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: [script needed] (bīr, “crowd”)
• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: भीड़ (bhīṛ)
    • Urdu: بھیڑ (bheṛ)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: भीड (bhīḍ)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Sindhi: [script needed] (bhīṛa)
  • Punjabi: ਭੀੜ (bhīṛ, “crowd”), ਭੀੜਨਾ (bhīṛnā, “to close in”)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali: ভিড় (bhiṛ)
  • Assamese: ভিৰ (bhir)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: भीड (bhīḍ)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: ભીડ (bhīḍ)