๐ง๐๐ข๐
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From ๐ง๐๐ข (pota /โ pottaโ /) + Middle Indo-Aryan -๐- (-ka-), from Sanskrit เคชเฅเคคเฅเคฐ (paรบtra).
Noun
๐ง๐๐ข๐ (potaka /pottaka/)
- son's son, grandson
- c. 237 BCE, Aลoka, Major Rock Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.7-9:
- [โฆ] ๐ ๐๐ด๐๐ธ ๐๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ธ ๐๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ป ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ธ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ป๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฏ ๐
๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐บ ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ธ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ [โฆ]
- [โฆ] i eแธทakฤ cฤ sลซkalฤซ cฤ gabhinฤซ va pฤyamฤซnฤ va avadhiyฤ potake pi ca kฤni ฤsaแนmฤsike [โฆ]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- [โฆ] ๐ ๐๐ด๐๐ธ ๐๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ธ ๐๐ช๐บ๐ฆ๐ป ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ธ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ป๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฏ ๐
๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ๐ฌ๐ธ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ง๐บ ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐ธ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ [โฆ]
Alternative forms
Attested at Delhi-Topra.
| Dialectal forms of ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ญ (โson's sonโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | ๐ง๐๐ข๐ (potaka) | ๐ง๐๐ข๐ /pottaka/ (potaka) |
| West | Girnar | ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ญ (potra), ๐ง๐๐ข (pota) | ๐ง๐๐ข /potta/ (pota) |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ญ (โson's sonโ) | ||
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Descendants
- Sauraseni Prakrit: *๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข-๐ (*potta-ga)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: เคชเฅเคคเคพ (potฤ)
- Urdu: ูพูุชุง (potฤ)
- Hindustani:
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โpaรบtraโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press