𑀙𑁄𑀟𑀺

Prakrit

Alternative forms

  • 𑀘𑁄𑀟𑀻 (coḍī)
  • *𑀙𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*chŏṭṭa), *𑀘𑁄𑀝 (*coṭa), *𑀘𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*cuṭṭa) — reconstruction

Etymology

Uncertain. Attempts to connect this term to Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (culla, “small”), 𑀙𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 ~ 𑀔𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (chulla ~ khulla, “small”), Zebaki čuṭ ("small"), Vedic Sanskrit क्षुद्र (kṣudrá, “small”), and Later Sanskrit चूड (cūḍa, “small”), चुटति (cuṭati, “becomes small”), चुण्डति (cuṇḍati), etc are all semantically appealing but difficult to formally justify. At best, these words have influenced/contaminated each other. Retroflexion and possible variants support a non-Aryan substrate origin. Part of the Indo-Aryan "defective" group of words.[1][2]

Dardic cognates include Shina ċhŭṭŭˊ and Domaaki [script needed] (úc̣huṭa). Descendants meaning "boy" or "girl" are probably influenced (or rather inherited from) 𑀙𑁄𑀬𑀭 (choyara) of unrelated origin.[1]

Adjective

𑀙𑁄𑀟𑀺 (choḍi) (Devanagari छोडि) [1]

  1. (attested in the feminine) small

Descendants

From the reconstructed variant *𑀙𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*chŏṭṭa):

  • Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Insular Indo-Aryan:
    • Sinhalese: චූටි (cūṭi)
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Western Indo-Aryan:
    • Gujarati: છોટું (choṭũ)
  • → Malayalam: ചൊട്ട (coṭṭa), ശൊട്ട (śoṭṭa)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “chōṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 279
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “culla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 266
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