Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀥𑀼𑀁𑀠𑁆
Ashokan Prakrit
editEtymology
editPossibly from a substrate (compare Sanskrit ढुण्ढ् (ḍhuṇḍh, “to search”), ढुण्ढन (ḍhuṇḍhana, “the act of searching; investigation”)).
Root
edit*𑀥𑀼𑀁𑀠𑁆 (*dhuṃḍh)
Derived terms
edit- *𑀥𑀼𑀁𑀠𑀢𑀺 (*dhuṃḍhati)
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhūṇḍh”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press