𑀮𑁄𑀡

Prakrit

Etymology

    From Sanskrit लवण (lavaṇa).

    Noun

    𑀮𑁄𑀡 (loṇa) n (Devanagari लोण) (attested in Śaurasenī)

    1. salt

    Descendants

    • Hindustani:
      Hindi: लोन (lon), लून (lūn), नोन (non), नून (nūn)
      Urdu: لون (lon), لُون (lūn), نون (non), نُوں (nū̃)
    • Old Gujarati: लूण (lūṇa)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਲੂਣ (lūṇ), ਨੂਣ (nūṇ)
      Shahmukhi script: لُوݨ (lūṇ), نُوݨ (nūṇ)
    • Romani: lon

    References

    • Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119
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