हलुका

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

हलका (halakā) — later

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš

Sanskrit लघु (laghu)

Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu)der.

Old Hindi हलुका (halukā)

Inherited from Prakrit *हलुक्क- (halukka-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from *हलु- (halu-) + -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-), from—undergoing metathesis—लहु (lahu, “light, small”). Cognate with Nepali हलुको (haluko), Bengali হালকা (haloka). Related to Old Hindi लहु (lahu, “light, small”).^[1]

Adjective

हलुका (halukā) ^[2]^[3]

light (in weight)

Descendants

Hindi: हल्का (halkā)
Urdu: ہَلْکا (halkā)
→ Gujarati: હલકું (halkũ)
→ Marathi: हलके (halke)

References

^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 562
^ Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “हलुका”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 2181, column 2.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[1] Jaroslav Strnad (2013) Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 562

[2] Winand M. Callewaert, Swapna Sharma (2009) “हलुका”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 2181, column 2.

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

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