Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀪𑁄𑀝

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

Borrowed from Tibetan བོད (bod).

Proper noun

*𑀪𑁄𑀝 (*bhoṭa) m

1. Tibet

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑁄𑀝 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁄 (bhoṭo)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸 (bhoṭā)
Accusative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀁 (bhoṭaṃ)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂 (bhoṭe) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸 (bhoṭā)
Instrumental	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂𑀡 (bhoṭeṇa) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂𑀡𑀁 (bhoṭeṇaṃ)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂𑀳𑀺 (bhoṭehi) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (bhoṭehiṃ)
Dative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀅 (bhoṭāa)	—
Ablative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀑 (bhoṭāo) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀉 (bhoṭāu) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸 (bhoṭā) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺 (bhoṭāhi) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (bhoṭāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀲𑁆𑀲 (bhoṭassa)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀡 (bhoṭāṇa) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸𑀡𑀁 (bhoṭāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (bhoṭammi) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂 (bhoṭe)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂𑀲𑀼 (bhoṭesu) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (bhoṭesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀪𑁄𑀝 (bhoṭa) or 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸 (bhoṭā)	𑀪𑁄𑀝𑀸 (bhoṭā)

Derived terms

• 𑀪𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁𑀢 (bhŏṭṭaṃta)

Descendants

• Assamese: ভোট (bhüt)
• Bengali: ভোট (bhōṭ)
• Hindi: भोट (bhoṭ)
• Nepali: भोट (bhoṭ)
• Odia: ଭୋଟ (bhoṭa)
• → Sanskrit: भौट्ट (bhauṭṭa), भोट (bhoṭa)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bhauṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press