๐จฃ๐จ๐จค๐จ๐จฏ๐จฟ๐จ
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Middle Iranian *ni-pista, from *pays- (โto writeโ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *payฤ-, from Proto-Indo-European *peyแธฑ-. Cognate with Old Persian ๐ด๐ก๐ฑ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ (n-i-p-i-ลก-t-a /โ nipiลกtฤโ /), Avestan ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌฏ (paฤs), and Sanskrit เคชเฅเคถเฅ (peล, โto adornโ).
Adjective
๐จฃ๐จ๐จค๐จ๐จฏ๐จฟ๐จ (nipista) (Shahbazgarhi)
- written
- c. 256 BCE, Aลoka, Major Rock Edict 5 Shahbazgarhi:
- ๐จ๐จฉ๐จ ๐จข๐จฟ๐จช๐จจ๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ ๐จฃ๐จ๐จค๐จ๐จฏ๐จฟ๐จ
- ayi dhramadipi nipista
- [โฆ] has this law-edict been written [โฆ]
- ๐จ๐จฉ๐จ ๐จข๐จฟ๐จช๐จจ๐จก๐จ๐จค๐จ ๐จฃ๐จ๐จค๐จ๐จฏ๐จฟ๐จ
Alternative forms
Attested at Shahbazgarhi.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (โwrittenโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (likhita) | |
| East | Dhauli | ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (likhita) | |
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | ๐จซ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ (likhita), ๐จฃ๐จ๐จค๐จ๐จฏ๐จฟ๐จ (nipista) | |
| Mansehra | ๐จซ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ (likhita) | ||
| West | Girnar | ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (likhita) | |
| South | Brahmagiri | ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (likhita) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (โwrittenโ) | ||
|---|---|---|
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๐ฎ๐บ๐๐บ๐ข (likhita) (4) ๐จซ๐จ๐จ๐จ๐จ (likhita) (2) ๐จฃ๐จ๐จค๐จ๐จฏ๐จฟ๐จ (nipista) (1) | ||
References
- Cheung, Johnny (2007) โ*pais-โ, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, โISBN