Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀟
Ashokan Prakrit
editEtymology
editBoth Turner and Mayrhofer posit a connection to Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “stone”) and पाषी (pāṣī, “stone”), both of which underwent a pan-Indo-Aryan s > h shift which is irregular outside of Northwest Indo-Aryan and Sinhalese. If this is true, then this word is from *पाष (pāṣa, “stone”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-). Compare Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀡 (pāhāṇa), 𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀡 (pāhaṇa, “stone”).
Noun
edit*𑀧𑀸𑀳𑀸𑀟 (*pāhāḍa)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pāhāḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag