𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-

Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Sanskrit स्तर (stara)

Sanskrit प्रस्तर (prastara)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭 (patthara)

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रस्तर (prastara). Cognate with Pali patthara.

Noun

𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭 (patthara) m (Devanagari पत्थर, Kannada ಪತ್ಥರ) (attested in Śaurasenī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Māgadhī)

stone

Descendants

Eastern:
- Assamese: পাথৰ (pathor)
- Bengali: পাথর (pathôr)
- Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠔ꠆ꠕꠞ (fattór)
Central:
- Old Hindi: पाथर (pāthara)
Northwestern:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਪੱਥਰ (patthar, “stone, rock”)
  
  Shahmukhi script: پتھر (patthar, “stone, rock”)
- → Gujarati: પથ્થર (paththar)
- → Marathi: पत्थर (patthar, “stone, rock”)
- → Hindi: पत्थर (patthar, “stone, rock”)
- → Urdu: پتھر (patthar, “stone, rock”)

References

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