𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

*𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀁𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (*pahuṃccaï) — reconstructed based on descendants
*𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀁𑀙𑀇 (*pahuṃchaï), *𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (*pahucchaï) — reconstructed based on descendants

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 *bʰuH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuHtás

Sanskrit भूत (bhūta)

Sanskrit प्रभूत (prabhūta)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀽𑀅 (pahūa)

Prakrit -𑀅𑀇 (-aï)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀯𑀇 (pahuvaï)

Prakrit -𑀢 (-ta)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pahutta)

Prakrit -𑀅𑀇 (-aï)

Sanskrit भूच्छति (bhūcchati)influ.?

Prakrit 𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (pahuccaï)

Denominal verb of 𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (pahutta, “strong, sufficient, reached”) + -𑀅𑀇 (-aï), by analogy with verbs of the type 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (mutta) ~ 𑀫𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (muccaï).^[1] See there for more.

Some descendants trace back to *𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀁𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (*pahuṃccaï), by analogy with verbs like 𑀫𑀼𑀁𑀘𑀇 (muṃcaï) as in the set referred to above.

Alternatively, Chatterji posits an originally aspirated *𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (*pahucchaï), from Sanskrit *प्रभूच्छति (*prabhūcchati, literally “to continue to be forward or towards (smth.)”), from प्र- (pra-, “forward”) +‎ भूच्छति (bhūcchati, “to continue to be”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰuHšćáti, from *bʰuH-. However, aspiration is only attested in the Bengali descendant and so may be secondary from the metathesis of -h-.^[2]

Verb

𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀇 (pahuccaï) (Devanagari पहुच्चइ, Kannada ಪಹುಚ್ಚಇ) (intransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī) ^[3]

to reach
to be powerful

Related terms

𑀧𑀳𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀇 (pahuppaï)

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: पहुँचना (pahũcnā), पहुचना (pahucnā)
  - Urdu: پَہُن٘چْنَا (pahũcnā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bhojpuri: पहुँचल (pahũcal), (metathesised) चहुँपल (cahũpal)
- Maithili: पहुँचब (pahũcab)
- Middle Bengali: পহুঁছা (pohũcha)
  - Bengali: পৌঁছা (pōũcha)
- Odia: ପହୁଞ୍ଚିବା (pahuñcibā)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: पहुँच्नु (pahũcnu), पौँच्नु (pa͠ucnu)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਪਹੁੰਚਣਾ (pahuñcṇā)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: पोचणे (poċṇe), पोहोचणे (pohoċṇe), पोहचणे (pohaċṇe)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Old Gujarati: पहुचीजइ (pahucījaï)
  - Gujarati: પહોંચવું (pahoñcvũ)
- Malvi: पोंचणो (põcṇo)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prábhūta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 491
^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 473
^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “पहुच्च”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prábhūta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 491

[2] Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎^[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 473

[3] Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “पहुच्च”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].

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