𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔

• 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀳 (tiṇha)

Inherited from Sanskrit तीक्ष्ण (tīkṣṇá). Cognate with Pali tikkha.

𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (tikkha) (Devanagari तिक्ख)

1. sharp
   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti I. Bambhadatta page 16, line 28:

     […] 𑀢𑀸𑀟𑀺𑀑 𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔-𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀼𑀲𑁂𑀡 […]

     […] tāḍio tikkha-aṃkuseṇa […]

     […] [the prince] beat [the elephant] with the sharp hook […]

2. strong, intense

• *𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔-𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*tikkha-ṭṭa) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-))
  • Konkani: tikhaṭ

    Devanagari script: तिखट

    Kannada script: ತಿಖಟ್

    Latin script: tikot

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: तिखट (tikhaṭa)

    Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘏𑘘 (tīkhaṭa)

    • Marathi: तिखट (tikhaṭ)
• *𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔-𑀟 (*tikkha-ḍa) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-))
  • Assamese: তীখৰ (tikhor)
• *𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*tikkhikā) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-))
  • Old Marathi: tīkhī (“mustard plant”)

    Devanagari script: तीखी

    Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘏𑘲

• *𑀢𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀓 (*tikkhaka) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
  • Assamese: তীখা (tikha)
  • Hindustani: tīkhā

    Hindi: तीखा

    Urdu: تِیکھا (tīkhā)

• Konkani: तीख (tīkh)
• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: तीख (tīkha), तिख (tikha)

  Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘏 (tīkha)

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “तिक्ख”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎, London: Trübner & Co., page 127
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 219.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tīkṣṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press