๐๐
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit เคเคฒเฅ (khalu)
Ashokan Prakrit ๐๐ (kho)
Inherited from Sanskrit เคเคฒเฅ (khalu). Cognate with Pali kho, khalu, Prakrit ๐๐ฎ๐ผ (khalu).
Particle
๐๐ (kho)
- indeed
- c. 258 BCE, Aลoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3:
- ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐
- no tu kho bฤแธhaแน prakaแนte husaแน ekaแน savacharaแน
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- But indeed I had not been very zealous for one year.
- ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ธ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ญ๐
Alternative forms
Attested at Brahmagiri, Calcutta-Bairat, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Gavimath, Girnar, Jatinga-Rameshwara, Jaugada, Kalsi, Nittur, Rajula-Mandagiri, Sarnath, Siddapura, Udegolam and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of ๐๐ (โindeedโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | ๐๐ (kho) | |
| Delhi-Topra | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Sarnath | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Calcutta-Bairat | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| East | Dhauli | ๐๐ (kho) | |
| Jaugada | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | ๐จ๐จ (kho) | |
| Mansehra | ๐จ๐จ (kho) | ||
| West | Girnar | ๐๐ (kho) | |
| South | Yerragudi | ๐๐ (kho) | |
| Siddapura | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Brahmagiri | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Jatinga-Rameshwara | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Rajula-Mandagiri | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Udegolam | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Nittur | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Gavimath | ๐๐ (kho) | ||
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐๐ (โindeedโ) | ||
|---|---|---|
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๐๐ (kho) (15) ๐จ๐จ (kho) (2) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: ๐๐ผ (khu), ๐ณ๐ผ (hu)
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) โkhoโ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aลoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 148
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aลoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 239.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โkhรกluโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 202