Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/gẓʰar-

This Proto-Indo-Aryan 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.

Proto-Indo-Aryan

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰár, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-.

Root

*gẓʰar-

1. to flow, to stream
2. to melt, wane, perish

Descendants

• Sanskrit: क्षर् (kṣar)
• Pali: ghar

Derived terms

• *gẓʰárati
  • Sanskrit: क्षरति (kṣarati)
    • → Pali: kharati
    • → Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀭𑀇 (kharaï)
    • Gujarati: ખરવું (kharvũ)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*jharati)
    • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀛𑀭𑀇 (jharaï)
      • Marathi: झरणे (j̈harṇe)
      • Konkani: झर्चे (j̈harce, “to wear off”)
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Hindi: झड़ना (jhaṛnā, “to fall off (said of hair)”)
      • Gujarati: ઝરવું (jharvũ, “to drip, trickle”)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Bengali: ঝরা (jhora)
• *pragẓʰárati
  • Pali: paggharati
• *udgẓʰárati
  • Pali: uggharati
• *gẓʰaras (“flowing, melting”)
  • Sanskrit: क्षर (kṣara)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭 (*jhara)
    • → Sanskrit: झर (jhara)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: झरा (zharā)
• *gẓʰaranam
  • Sanskrit: क्षरण (kṣaraṇa)
  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭𑀡 (*jharaṇa, “waterfall”)
    • Bengali: ঝরনা (jhorna)
    • Hindi: झरना (jharnā)