𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺

Prakrit

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *wítastiš
    Sanskrit वित॑स्ति (vítasti)
    Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰástas
    Sanskrit हस्त (hasta)
    Prakrit 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha)influ.
    Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (vihatthi)

    Inherited from Sanskrit वित॑स्ति (vítasti), with probable contamination from 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣 (hattha, “hand”).[1]

    Noun

    𑀯𑀺𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (vihatthi) f (Devanagari विहत्थि) [2]

    1. a measure of length

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
      • Bengali-Assamese:
        • Bengali: ⇒ বিঘত (bighot)
      • Odia: ବିତା (bitā), ⇒ ବିଘତ୍ (bighat)
    • Insular Indo-Aryan:
      • Sinhalese: වියත (wiyata)
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਬਿੱਥ (bittha), ਵਿੱਥ (vittha)
        Shahmukhi script: بِتّھ (bitth), وِتّھ (vitth)
      • Saraiki: وِتّھ (vitth)
      • Sindhi:
        Arabic script: وِٿِ, وِٿيِ
        Devanagari script: विथि, विथी
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Marathi: वीत (vīt), वीथ (vīth), विहीत (vihīt)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Gujarati: વેંત (vent)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vítasti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 682
    2. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “विहत्थि”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
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