< Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit
Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Perhaps from Sanskrit आकृत (ā́kṛta, “shaped, arranged”), but this does not explain the geminated k and its retention in descendants. The sound changes would have to assume a retroflex variant of r (a regional Indo-Aryan feature at that time) and the assimilation of t to it as well as spontaneous voicing. This is all dubious.
Adjective
*𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟 (*ākkaḍa)[1]
- stiff, cramped
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
- Marathi: अकड (akaḍ)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
- Gujarati: અકડ (akaḍ)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: अकड़ (akaṛ, “stiffness; ego”)
- Urdu: اکڑ (akaṛ, “stiffness; ego”)
- Nepali: अक्कर (akkar)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਆਕਡ਼ (ākaṛ)
Derived terms
- *𑀆𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀟-𑀢𑀺 (*ākkaḍa-ti, verb) (or synchronic formations)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- Marathi: अकडणे (akaḍṇe)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gujarati: અકડાવું (akaḍāvũ)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: अकड़ना (akaṛnā)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “*ākkaḍa (1013)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press