𑀅𑀚
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit अद्य (adyá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hadyás, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e-dy-és. Cognate with Pali ajjā.
Alternative forms
Attested at Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada and Kalsi.
Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀚 (“today, now”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Forms |
Central | Kalsi | 𑀅𑀚 /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/<span class="Brah" lang="inc-ash), 𑀅𑀚𑀸 /ajjā/ (ajā]] /ajjā/</spa) |
East | Dhauli | 𑀅𑀚 /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) |
Jaugada | 𑀅𑀚 /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) | |
Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨀𐨗 /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) |
Mansehra | 𐨀𐨗 /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) | |
West | Girnar | 𑀅𑀚 /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀚 (“today, now”) | ||
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Descendants
References
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 48.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adyá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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