Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit लहरी (laharī, “billow”)
Noun
𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (laharī) f
- wave
Descendants
- Central:
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: લહર (lahar), લર (lar, “wave, caprice”)
- Hindustani: lahar, lahrā
- Hindi: लहर (lahar), लहरा (lahrā)
- Urdu: لَحَر (lahar), لَحرَا
- Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: লহৰি (lohori, “wave”)
- Bengali: লহর (lohor)
- Odia: ନହରା (naharā, “whirlpool”), ଲହଡ଼ି (lahaṛi), ଲହଡ଼ା (lahaṛā, “wave”)
- Northern:
- Kumaoni: लहर (lahar, “excitement”)
- Southern:
- Elu Prakrit:
- Dhivehi: ރާޅު (rāḷu)
- Sinhalese: රළ (raḷa), රැල්ල (rælla), රැලි (ræli, “wave, fold, wrinkle”)
- Maharashtri Prakrit:
- Western:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Punjabi: ਲਹਿਰ (lahir, “wave, whim”)
- Sindhi: لَهَرِ (lahari, “wave, fancy”), لَهَرو (laharo, “quaver, trill, whim”)
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