Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆
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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
Etymology tree
Uncertain.
Turner suggests a derivation from Sanskrit अभिवृत् (abhivṛt, “to approach; fight”) (verb अभिवर्तते (abhivartate)), from अभि- (abhi-) + वृत् (vṛt).[1] Presumably, the root is a back-formation from a participle *अभिवृत्त (abhivṛtta) > *𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*bhiṭṭa), wherein the rhotic induces retroflexion and the initial is lost. Some parallels to the development exist:
- Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁆 (*bhejj, “to send”) < Sanskrit अभ्यज् (abhyaj, “to combine, unite”) < अभि- (abhi-) + अज् (aj).
- Ashokan Prakrit *𑀪𑀺𑀬𑀁𑀚𑁆 (*bhiyaṃj, “to wet”) < Sanskrit अभ्यञ्ज् (abhyañj, “to smear, anoint”) < अभि- (abhi-) + अञ्ज् (añj).
Speculative cognates
Alternatively (and rather speculatively), Kuiper[2] relates the term to:
- *𑀫𑀺𑀟𑁆 (*miḍ), an alternate form of Sanskrit मिलति (milati, “to meet”) (with unknown etymology) with descendants such as Sindhi مِڙَڻُ／मिड़णु (miṛaṇu, “to crowd”), but this could just be a later sound change.
- Sanskrit निबिड (nibiḍa, “thick, dense”).
- Several Munda words, including Santali (ibil, “dense, thick”), (peṭe-peṭe, “crowded”); but also note Sanskrit पेटक (peṭaka, “multitude, meeting”).
Turner additionally mentions Vedic Sanskrit बीरिट (bī́riṭa, “crowd”).[3]
Root
*𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆 (*bhiṭ)
Derived terms
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀟𑀇 (bhiḍaï, “to meet, fight”) (see there for further descendants)
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑀻𑀟𑀇 (bhīḍaï, “to meet”) (see there for further descendants)
- Prakrit: *𑀪𑁂𑀝𑁂𑀇 (*bheṭei)
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (bhiṭṭijjaï, “to meet”), 𑀪𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀡 (bhiṭṭaṇa, “a present”)
- Prakrit: 𑀪𑁂𑀮𑁂𑀇 (bhelei, “to mix”) (see there for further descendants)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*BHIṬ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 541
- ^ Kuiper, F. B. J. (1948) Proto-Munda Words In Sanskrit, Amsterdam: N.V. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, page 148
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “PĪḌ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 832