Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, imitating baby-talk. Compare *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa).

Noun

*𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba)[1]

  1. father

Derived terms

  • *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka)
    • Bengali: বাবা (baba)
    • Hindustani: bābā
      Hindi: बाबा
      Urdu: بابا
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਬਾਬਾ (bābā)
      Shahmukhi script: بابا (bābā)
    • Sindhi: bābo
      Arabic script: بابو
      Devanagari script: बाबो
  • *𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀼𑀓 (*bābbuka)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bābba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520