𑀘𑀟𑀇
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀙𑀟𑀇 (chaḍaï)
Etymology
Unknown. Hoernlé suggests derivation from Sanskrit उत्-शदति (ut-śadati, “to rise up”), from the root शद् (śad, “to fall”).[1][2] Gray argues for inheritance from an extension of Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise up”), but this is speculative.[3]
Verb
𑀘𑀟𑀇 (caḍaï) (Devanagari चडइ) [4][5]
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Bengali: চড়া (coṛa)
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: चढ्नु (caḍhnu)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਚੜ੍ਹਨਾ (caṛhnā)
- Sindhi:
- Arabic script: چَڙهَڻُ (caṛhaṇu)
- Devanagari script: चढ़णु (caṛhaṇu)
- Punjabi:
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: ચઢવું (caḍhvũ)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
References
- ^ Hoernlé, A. F. Rudolf (1880) “चढ़्”, in “A Collection of Hindi Roots, with Remarks on their Derivation and Classification”, in Journal of The Asiatic Society of Bengal[1], volume 49, page 45
- ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “چڙهنا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- ^ Gray, Louis H[erbert] (1940) “Fifteen Prākrit-Indo-European Etymologies”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[2], volume 16, number 3, pages 361–369
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “चड”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*caḍhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 248