𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮

Prakrit

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Proto-Dravidian *kay?

Proto-Dravidian *wāḷ?

Sanskrit करवाल (karavāla)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (karavāla)

Inherited from Sanskrit करवाल (karavāla, “sword”); see there for more.

𑀓𑀭𑀯𑀸𑀮 (karavāla) m (Devanagari करवाल) ^[1]^[2]

sword
Synonyms: 𑀅𑀲𑀺 (asi), 𑀓𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀡 (kivāṇa), 𑀔𑀕𑁆𑀕 (khagga), 𑀝𑀁𑀓 (ṭaṃka), 𑀧𑁂𑀁𑀟𑀥𑀯 (peṃḍadhava), 𑀫𑀁𑀟𑀮𑀕𑁆𑀕 (maṃḍalagga), 𑀭𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺 (riṭṭhi)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Awadhi: करवार (karvār)
- Braj: करवार (karvār)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: करवाल (karvāl), करवार (karvār)
  - Urdu: کَرْوَال (karvāl), کَرْوَار (karvār)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: करुआर (karuār, “oar”)
  - Maithili: करुआर (karuār)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: (or borrowed from Hindi) કરવાલ (karvāl)

^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “करवाल”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 228.
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karapāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141