𑀳𑀢
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit हत (hatá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Pali hata.
Adjective
- struck, killed
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 13 Girnar line 1:
- 𑀲𑀢-𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭-𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀸 𑀳𑀢𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀼-𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀓𑀁 𑀫𑀢𑀸
- sata-sahasra-mātraṃ tatrā hataṃ bahu-tāvatakaṃ matā
- […] one hundred thousand [Kalingas] in number were those who were slain there, [and] many times as many those who died.
- 𑀲𑀢-𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭-𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀸 𑀳𑀢𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀼-𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀓𑀁 𑀫𑀢𑀸
Alternative forms
| Dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | 𑀳𑀢 (hata) | |
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨱𐨟 (hata) | |
| Mansehra | 𐨱𐨟 (hata) | ||
| West | Girnar | 𑀳𑀢 (hata) | |
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”) | ||
|---|---|---|
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𐨱𐨟 (hata) (2) 𑀳𑀢 (hata) (2) | ||
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀅 (haa)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀤 (hada)
- Hindi: हया (hayā)
- ⇒ Hindi: हयना (haynā, “to kill, strike”) (poetic)
- Hindi: हया (hayā)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press