Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *कृत्यगृहिका (kṛtyagṛhikā, literally “action house”), from कृत्य (kṛtya) +‎ गृह (gṛha) +‎ -इका (-ikā). By surface analysis, 𑀓𑀘 (kaca /⁠kacca⁠/, Girnar) +‎ *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Noun

*𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*kaccagarhikā) f

1. courthouse

Descendants

• Prakrit:

  Khasa Prakrit:

  • Nepali: कचहरी (kacaharī)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Assamese: কাচাৰী (kasari)
  • Bengali: কাছারী (kachari)
  • Maithili: kacharī

    Devanagari script: कचहरी

    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒔𑒯𑒩𑒲

  • Odia: କଚେରି (kaceri), କଚିରି (kaciri)

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Hindustani: kacahrī

    Hindi: कचहरी (see there for further descendants)

    Urdu: کَچَہْرِی (kacahrī)

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਕਚਹਿਰੀ (kachirī), ਕਚਹਰੀ (kacharī)

    Shahmukhi script: کَچہری (kachrī)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: ڪَچَهَريِ

    Devanagari script: कचहरी