𑀲𑀤

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Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀢 (sata), from Sanskrit शत (śatá, “hundred”). Cognate with Pali sata.

Numeral

𑀲𑀤 (sada) n (Devanagari सद) (Śaurasenī) (cardinal number)[1][2]

  1. hundred

Descendants

  • Old Gujarati: सउ (saü)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: सौ (sau)
    Urdu: سو (sau)
  • Nepali: सय (saya)
  • Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਸੌ (sau)
    Shahmukhi script: سَو (sau)
  • Romani: śel, šel (Pan-Vlax), shel, șăl
  • Sindhi:
    Arabic script: سؤ
    Devanagari script: सउ

References

  1. ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 322
  2. ^ Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 41.

Further reading

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