Prakrit
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Prakrit 𑀲𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (sĕjjā)
Inherited from Sanskrit शय्या (śayyā), from शी (śī) + -या (-yā).
Noun
𑀲𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸 (sĕjjā) f (Devanagari सेज्जा) [1][2]
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Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Awadhi: सेज (sej)
- Gujarati: સેજ (sej)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: सेज (sej)
- Urdu: سیج (sej)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Assamese: সেজা (xeza)
- Bengali: সেজ (Sej), সেঁজ (śẽj)
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: सेज (sēj), सजेआ (sajēā), सजिया (sajiyā)
- Maithili: सेज (sēj)
- Odia: ସେଜ (seja), ସେସ (sesa)
- Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: އެނދު (eⁿdu)
- Sinhalese: සී (sī), ඇඳ (æⁿda)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: सेज (sej)
- Nepali: सेज (sej)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਸੇਜ (sej), ਚੇਜ (cej)
- Shahmukhi script: سیج (sej), چیج (cej)
- Sindhi:
- Arabic script: سيجِ (seja)
- Devanagari script: सेज (seja)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Western Indo-Aryan:
References
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “सेज्जा”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śēyyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 731