Ashokan Prakrit edit

Adjective edit

𑀯𑀼𑀥 (vudha /vuddha/)[1]

  1. Alternative form of 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha, aged)

Alternative forms edit

Attested at Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (“aged”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀯𑀼𑀥 /vuddha/ (vudha]] /vuddha/</spa)
East Dhauli 𑀯𑀼𑀠 /vuḍḍha/ (vuḍha]] /vuḍḍha/</spa)
Jaugada 𑀯𑀼𑀠 /vuḍḍha/ (vuḍha]] /vuḍḍha/</spa)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨬𐨂𐨝 /vuḍḍha/ (vuḍha]] /vuḍḍha/</spa)
Mansehra 𐨬𐨢𐨿𐨪 (vadhra)
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (“aged”)
 
𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha) (2)
𑀯𑀼𑀥 (vudha) (1)
𐨬𐨂𐨝 (vuḍha) (1)
𐨬𐨢𐨿𐨪 (vadhra) (1)

Descendants edit

  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀯𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (vuddha)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀯𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (vuddha)

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vr̥ddhá2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press