Apabhramsa
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit सोअण्ण (soaṇṇa), सोवण्ण (sovaṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit सौवर्ण (sauvarṇa).
Noun
सोण्णअ (soṇṇaa) n
- gold
Descendants
Descendants
- Central:
- Northwestern:
- Punjabi: sonā
- Gurmukhi script: ਸੋਨਾ
- Shahmukhi script: سونا
- Southern:
- Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘻𑘡𑘹𑘽 (soneṃ)
- Western:
- Saurashtra: ꢱꣁꢠ꣄ꢠꢸ (soṇṇu)
- Old Gujarati: सोनउं (sonaüṃ), सोवन्नउं (sovannaüṃ), सोव्रन (sovrana)
- Gojri: سونو (sono)
- Gujarati: સોનું (sonũ)
- Malvi: सोनो (sono)
- Marwari:
- Devanagari script: सोनौ (sonau), स़ोनौ
- Mahajani script: 𑅰𑅔𑅧𑅒 (sonu), 𑅰𑅳𑅔𑅧𑅒 (sonu)
References
- Hugh Chisholm (1910) The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information[1], volumes 11-12, Encyclopaedia Britannica, →LCCN, page 711: “Ap. soṇṇaũ”