Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀥𑀼𑀁𑀠𑁆
Ashokan Prakrit edit
Etymology edit
Possibly 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