๐‘€…๐‘€•

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit เค…เค—เฅเคฐ (รกgra). Cognate with Pali agga.

Noun

๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga /agga/) n

  1. front, top

Alternative forms

Attested at Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada and Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of ๐‘€…๐‘€• (โ€œtop, frontโ€)
Variety Location Lemmas Forms
Central Kalsi ๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga) ๐‘€…๐‘€• /agga/ (aga)
Delhi-Topra ๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga) ๐‘€…๐‘€• /agga/ (aga)
East Dhauli ๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga) ๐‘€…๐‘€• /agga/ (aga)
Jaugada ๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga) ๐‘€…๐‘€• /agga/ (aga)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi ๐จ€๐จ’๐จฟ๐จช (agra)
Mansehra ๐จ€๐จ’๐จฟ๐จช (agra)
West Girnar ๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga) ๐‘€…๐‘€• /agga/ (aga)
Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€…๐‘€• (โ€œtop, frontโ€)
๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga) (5)
๐จ€๐จ’๐จฟ๐จช (agra) (2)

Descendants

  • Prakrit: ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€• (agga)
    • ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ฎ (aggala)
      • Old Gujarati: เค†เค—เคฒเคฟ (ฤฬƒgali)
        • Gujarati: เช†เช—เชณ (ฤgaแธท)
    • *๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•-๐‘€ฎ-๐‘€… (*agga-la-a)
      • Old Marathi:
        • Marathi: เค†เค—เคณเฅ‡ (ฤgแธทe)
    • ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‘ (aggฤo), ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€ค๐‘„ (aggฤdo) (ablative singular)
      • Gujarati: เช…เช—เชพเช‰ (agฤu)
      • Hindi: เค…เค—เคพเคŠ (agฤลซ)
      • Old Marathi:
        Modi script: ๐‘˜€๐‘˜‘๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜ช (aghฤva), ๐‘˜๐‘˜‘๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜Œ (ฤghฤo), ๐‘˜๐‘˜‘๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜ช (ฤghฤva)
        Devanagari script: เค…เค˜เคพเคต (aghฤva), เค†เค˜เคพเค“ (ฤghฤo), เค†เค˜เคพเคต (ฤghฤva)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: เจ…เจ—เจพเจŠเจ‚ (agฤลซฬƒ)
        Shahmukhi script: ุงฺฏุงุคฺบ

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œรกgraโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press