Reconstruction:Sanskrit/कियत्त

This Sanskrit 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.

Sanskrit

Etymology

Later form of कियत् (kiyat), for which compare attested इयत्तक (iyattaka) from इयत् (iyat).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ki.jɐt.tɐ/, [ki.jɐt̚.tɐ]
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ki.jɐt̪.t̪ɐ/, [ki.jɐt̪̚.t̪ɐ]
Hyphenation: कि‧यत्‧त

Determiner

*कियत्त • (*kiyatta)

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Descendants

Dardic:
- Gawar-Bati: کت (kata)
- Kamkata-viri: kīte
- Kashmiri: کُوتُ (kuvtu), کیُتُ (kyutu)
- Pashayi:
  - Southeast Pashayi: kuti
- Phalura: کَتِی (katī)
- → Proto-Nuristani:
  - Ashkun: ċīt
  - Waigali: kiti
Pali: kittaka
Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (kittiya)
- Central:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindustani:
      - Hindi: कित्ता (kittā), किता (kitā)
      - Urdu: کِتَّا (kittā), کِتَا (kitā)
- Eastern:
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Assamese: কেতেক (ketek)
- Northwestern:
  - Paisaci Prakrit:
    - Takka Apabhramsa:
      - Lahnda: کتں (kittĩ), کتی (kittī)
      - Punjabi: kitt
        Gurmukhi script: ਕਿੱਤ
        
        Shahmukhi script: کِتّ
    - Vracada Apabhramsa:
      - Sindhi:
        Kachchi: કીત્રી (kītrī), કિત્રાક (kitrāk)
- Southern:
  - Helu Prakrit:
    - Dhivehi: ކިތައް (kitak̊)
    - Sinhalese: කෙතෙක් (ketek)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: कितिं (kitĩ), किती (kitī)
- Western:
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Gujarati: કેટલું (keṭlũ)
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬~𑀦 (kittiya~na)
  - Central:
    - Sauraseni Prakrit:
      - Hindustani:
        Hindi: कितना (kitnā)
        
        Urdu: کِتْنَا (kitnā)
  - Northwestern:
    - Paisaci Prakrit:
      - Punjabi: kitnā, kitṇā
        Gurmukhi script: ਕਿਤਨਾ, ਕਿਤਣਾ
        
        Shahmukhi script: کِتنَا, کِتݨَا
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬~𑀭 (kittiya~ra)
  - - Northwestern:
      - Paisaci Prakrit:
        Lahnda: کترا (kitrā)
    - Western:
      - Sauraseni Prakrit:
        Old Marwari: कीतराक (kītrāk)
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀓𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬~𑀮 (kittiya~la)
  - - Northwestern:
      - Sauraseni Prakrit:
        Lahnda: کتلا (kittlā)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kiyatta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 161