𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-
    Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś)der.
    Proto-Indo-European *per-
    Proto-Indo-European *pró
    Proto-Indo-European *pro-
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-
    Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷsder.
    Sanskrit ईक्ष॑ते (ī́kṣate)
    Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate)influ.?
    Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)

    Inherited from Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati), somehow related to the root दृश् (dṛś).[1]

    Turner suggests that -e- developed from analogy with Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate, “to see”), which is from प्रेक्ष् (prekṣ, “to look, regard”), a compound of प्र- (pra-) + ईक्ष् (īkṣ, “to see, look”).

    Verb

    𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /dekkhati/)

    1. synonym of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati, “to see”)

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Dhauli and Jaugada.

    Dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“to see”)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Kalsi 𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati)
    East Dhauli 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)
    Jaugada 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀔𑀢𑀺 (drakhati), 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)
    Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati)
    Mansehra 𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati)
    West Girnar 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati)
    Map of dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“to see”)
    𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati) (2)
    𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati) (2)
    𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati) (1)
    𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati) (1)
    𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀔𑀢𑀺 (drakhati) (1)

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dĕkkhaï), 𑀤𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (dacchaï), 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dakkhaï), 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀇 (dehaï) — Ardhamāgadhī, 𑀤𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (dĕcchaï) — Māhārāṣṭrī (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dr̥kṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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