Reconstruction:Sanskrit/सवेल

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

स- (sa-, “with”) +‎ वेला (velā, “time”). Semantically, compare सकाल (sakāla, “early in the morning”) and *सवार (*savāra, “in good time”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ʋɐj.lɐ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐ.ʋeː.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

*सवेल • (*savela) stem

in time, early

Descendants

Prakrit: *𑀲𑀯𑁂𑀮 (*savela), Prakrit: *𑀲𑀯𑁂𑀭 (*savera)
- Bhojpuri: सबेर (sabēr)
- Nepali: सबेर (sabera, “early in the morning”)
- Gujarati: સવેળા (saveḷā)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਸਵੇਰਾ (saverā)
  
  Shahmukhi script: سویرا (saverā)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: सवेरा (saverā)
  
  Urdu: سویرا (saverā)

References

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