Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀳𑀭𑀓

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

Inherited from Sanskrit सर्प-हरक (sarpa-haraka), from सर्प (sarpá) +‎ हरक (haraka) (compare सर्पधारक (sarpadhāraka)).

Noun

*𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀳𑀭𑀓 (*sappaharaka) m[1]

  1. snake charmer, snake catcher

Descendants

  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Middle Hindi: سَپیرَا (spyra)
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Bhojpuri: sãperā, saperā
      Devanagari script: सँपेरा, सपेरा
      Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂀𑂣𑂵𑂩𑂰, 𑂮𑂣𑂵𑂩𑂰
    • Magahi: sãperā, sãpherā
      Devanagari script: सँपेरा, सँपहेरा
      Kaithi script: 𑂮𑂀𑂣𑂵𑂩𑂰, 𑂮𑂀𑂣𑂯𑂵𑂩𑂰
    • Maithili: sapahᵊriā, sapᵊhārā, saperā
      Devanagari script: सपहरिआ, सपहारा, सपेरा
      Tirhuta script: 𑒮𑒣𑒯𑒩𑒱𑒂, 𑒮𑒣𑒯𑒰𑒩𑒰, 𑒮𑒣𑒺𑒩𑒰
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Nepali: सपेरो (sapero)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Punjabi: saperā
      Gurmukhi script: ਸਪੇਰਾ
      Shahmukhi script: سَپیرَا

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sarpaharaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 766
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