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Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀕𑀠

This Ashokan 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.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *गृध (gṛdha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás.

Noun

*𑀕𑀠 (*gaḍha)[1]

  1. fort

Descendants
  • Assamese: গৰ (gor)
  • Bengali: গড় (goṛ)
  • Hindi: गढ़ (gaṛh)
  • Kumaoni: गड़
  • Marathi: 𑘐𑘛𑘲 (gaḍhī)
  • Old Gujarati: गढ (gaḍha)
  • Odia: ଗଡ଼ (gôṛô)
  • Punjabi: گَڑھ (gaṛh), ਗਡ਼੍ਹ (gaṛh)
  • Saraiki: ڳَڑھ (g̈aṛh)
  • Urdu: گڑھ (gaṛh)

References
  1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 463

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