𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀢𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (tiṭṭha) — Paiśācī
𑀤𑀝𑁆𑀞 (daṭṭha), 𑀤𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞 (dĕṭṭha)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀤𑀾𑀱𑁆𑀝 (dṛṣṭá).^[1] Cognate with Pali diṭṭha.

Adjective

𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (diṭṭha) (Devanagari दिट्ठ, Kannada ದಿಟ್ಠ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

seen

Verb

𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (diṭṭha) (Devanagari दिट्ठ)

past participle of 𑀤𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (dissaï) (compare 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀇 (pāsaï))

Descendants

Descendants

Old Punjabi: ਡਿਠਾ (ḍiṭhā /⁠ḍiṭṭhā⁠/), ਡੀਠਾ (ḍīṭhā)
- Punjabi: ḍiṭṭhā
  Gurmukhi script: ਡਿੱਠਾ
  
  Shahmukhi script: ڈِٹّھا
- Saraiki:
  Devanagari script: ॾिट्ठा
  
  Multani script: 𑊓𑊑 (ḏṭh /⁠ḏiṭṭhā⁠/)
  
  Shahmukhi script: ݙِٹّھا (ḏiṭṭhā)
Sindhi:(ॾिठ- Past stem of ॾिसणु - to see)
Devanagari script: ॾिठमि(verb; i saw)(Other forms : ॾिठल(past participle; seen))

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dr̥ṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 372: “Pk. daṭṭha-, diṭṭha-, deṭṭha- (with e from dekkhaï) 'seen'”

Further reading

Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 90
Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 50.
Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “दिट्ठ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 462.