𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (sariccha)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सदृक्ष (sadṛ́kṣa). Cognate with Pali sarikkha.

Adjective

𑀲𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (sarikkha) (Devanagari सरिक्ख, Kannada ಸರಿಕ್ಖ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

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Descendants

• Gurjara Apabhramsa:
  • Gujarati: સરખું (sarkhũ)
  • Marwari: सरीखौ (sarīkhau), स़रीकौ, सारखौ (sārkhau), सिरखौ (sirkhau), स़िरखौ
• Hindustani: sarīkhā

  Hindi: सरीखा

  Urdu: سَرِیکَھا (sarīkhā)

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: सारिख (sārikha)

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘰𑘨𑘲𑘏 (sārīkha)

  • Marathi: सारखे (sārkhe)
• Sinhalese: සුරුකු (suruku)
• Takka Apabhramsa:
  • Punjabi: sārkhā, sarīkhā

    Gurmukhi script: ਸਾਰਖਾ, ਸਰੀਖਾ

    Shahmukhi script: سارکھا, سَرِیکھا

• Vracada Apabhramsa:
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: سَرْکو

    Devanagari script: सर्खो

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “सरिक्ख सरिच्छ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 880.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarikkha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 759