π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ί (ñāti) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit ΰ€œΰ₯ΰ€žΰ€Ύΰ€€ΰ€Ώ (jñātΓ­).

Noun

π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“ (ñātikam

  1. relative, kinsman

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar and Sopara.

Dialectal forms of π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“ (β€œkinsman”)
Variety Location Lemmas Forms
Northwest Shahbazgarhi π¨™π¨Ÿπ¨π¨ (Γ±atika)
West Girnar π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“ (ñātika)
Sopara π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“ (ñātika)
Map of dialectal forms of π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“ (β€œkinsman”)
π‘€œπ‘€Έπ‘€’π‘€Ίπ‘€“ (ñātika) (2)
π¨™π¨Ÿπ¨π¨ (Γ±atika) (1)

References

  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 58.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) β€œjñātí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press