Reconstruction:Sanskrit/चम्पवेल्लि

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

Alternative scripts

Etymology

From चम्प (campa, Bauhinia variegata (lexicographic); Magnolia champaka?) +‎ वेल्लि (velli, a creeping plant (lexicographic)).

Pronunciation

Noun

*चम्पवेल्लि • (*campavelli)[1]

  1. (uncertain definition) jasmine

Descendants

  • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Hindi:
      • Old Awadhi: caṃbelī
        Devanagari script: चंबेली
        Kaithi script: 𑂒𑂁𑂥𑂵𑂪𑂲
    • Western Hindi:
    • Bihari:
      • Maithili: camēlī
        Devanagari script: चमेली
        Tirhuta script: 𑒔𑒧𑒹𑒪𑒲
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Pahari:
      • Nepali: चमेलि (cameli)
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: ਚੰਬੇਲੀ (cambelī), ਚਮੇਲੀ (camelī)
      Shahmukhi script: چَمبیلی (cambelī), چَمیلی (camelī)
    • Sindhi:
      Arabic script: چَمبيليِ (cambelī)
      Devanagari script: चमबेली (cambelī)
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Old Bengali: চাম্বালী
    • Odia: ଚାମେଲୀ (cāmeli)
  • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    • Marathi: चमेली (camelī), चंबेली (cambelī), चमेल (camel)
  • Western Indo-Aryan:

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*campavēlli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 254