Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀘𑀯𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮

This 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.

Prakrit

Etymology

Unknown. Turner compares to Nepali चोयो (coyo, “split cane for making nets”), Sindhi [script needed] (coī, “framework with nets attached for catching fish”). Compare also Sanskrit चीर (cīra, “strip of bark, cloth”), Prakrit *𑀘𑀯 (*cava, “point or blade of plough”) (> Hindi चौ (cau)).

Noun

*𑀘𑀯𑀺𑀮𑁆𑀮 (*cavilla) m ^[1]

small stick

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Awadhi: चैली (cailī)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: चैला (cailā), चैली (cailī)
    - → Marathi: चैली (ċailī, “chip or shaving”)
  - Urdu: چَیلَا (cailā), چَیلِی (cailī)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bihari:^[2]
  - Bhojpuri: चैला (cailā), चैली (cailī)
  - Maithili: चैली (cailī), >? चेलखी (cēlᵊkhī), >? चेरी (cērī)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: चोइलो (coilo), चोइलि (coili)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cavilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 256
^ Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎^[1], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*cavilla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 256

[2] Grierson, George A[braham] (1885) Bihār Peasant Life, being a discursive catalogue of the surroundings of the people of that province‎^[1], Calcutta: The Bengal Secretariat Press, page 2

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