< Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit
Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢
Ashokan Prakrit
Alternative forms
- *𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 f (*kuttī, “female dog”)
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kúttas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kúttas (compare Proto-Iranian *kútah), possibly of onomatopoeic origin, which could imply a Wanderwort instead of inheritance from Proto-Indo-Iranian.
Noun
*𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*kutta) m
- dog
Descendants
- Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Bengali: কুত্তা (kutta)
- Sylheti: ꠇꠥꠔ꠆ꠔꠣ (kutta)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (kutta)
- Marathi: कुत्रा m (kutrā), कुत्री f (kutrī), कुत्रे n (kutre) (Sanskritised)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 m (kutta), 𑀓𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀻 f (kuttī)
- Gujarati: કૂતરો m (kūtro), કૂતરી f (kūtrī), કૂતરું n (kūtrũ)
- Hindi: कुत्ता m (kuttā), कुत्ती f (kuttī)
- Punjabi: ਕੁੱਤਾ m (kutā), ਕੁੱਤੀ f (kutī)
- → Nepali: कुती (kutī, “puppy”)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kutta (3275)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press