𑀯𑁂𑀠

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वेष्ट (veṣṭa).

Noun

𑀯𑁂𑀠 (veḍha) m (Devanagari वेढ)

1. special metre
2. capsule, wrapper

Descendants

• Central:
  • Hindustani: beṛh, beṛ, beṛhā, beṛā, beṛī
    • Hindi: बेढ़, बेड़, बेढ़ा, बेड़, बेड़ी
    • Urdu: بیڑھ, بیڑ, بیڑھا, بیڑا, بیڑِی
• Eastern:
  • Assamese: বেৰ (ber)
  • Bengali: বেড় (beṛ), বেড়া (beṛa)
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: बेड़ (bēṛ), बेढ़ी (bēṛhī)
  • Odia: ବେଢ଼ (beṛha), ବେଡ଼ା (beṛā)
• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: बेड़ो (beṛo), बेड़ि (beṛi)
  • Nepali: बेर् (ber)
    • ⇒ Nepali: बेर्-बार् (ber-bār)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: veṛhu

    Shahmukhi script: ويڙهُ

    Unspecified script: वेढ़ु

  • Punjabi: veṛhā

    Gurmukhi script: ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ

    Shahmukhi script: ویڑھا

• Southern:
  • Marathi: वेढ (veḍh)
  • Sinhalese: වෙළු (weḷu)
• Western:
  • Gujarati: વેઢ (veḍh), વેઢો (veḍho)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “वेढ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “veḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press