Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳

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Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳

This Ashokan Prakrit 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.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गृह (gṛhá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás.

Noun

*𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)[1]

1. house

Derived terms

• *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*kaccagarhikā) (see there for further descendants)
• *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳-𑀆𑀬𑀢𑀦 (*garha-āyatana)[2]
  • Prakrit: *𑀖𑀭-𑀆𑀬𑀬𑀡 (*ghara-āyayaṇa)

    Khasa Prakrit:

    • Nepali: घरान (gharān)

    Magadhi Prakrit:

    • Maithili:

      Devanagari: घरान

      Tirhuta: 𑒒𑒩𑒰𑒢

• *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳-𑀆𑀬𑀢𑀦-𑀓 (*garha-āyatana-ka) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓 (-ka))
  • Prakrit: *𑀖𑀭-𑀆𑀬𑀬𑀡-𑀬 (*ghara-āyayaṇa-ya)

    Khasa Prakrit:

    • Nepali: घराना (gharānā)

    Magadhi Prakrit:

    • Maithili:

      Devanagari: घराना

      Tirhuta: 𑒒𑒩𑒰𑒢𑒰

    Maharastri Prakrit:

    • Old Marathi: gharāṇeṃ

      Devanagari: घराणें

      Modi: 𑘑𑘨𑘰𑘜𑘹𑘽

      • Marathi: घराणे (gharāṇe)

    Paisaci Prakrit:

    • Punjabi: gharānā

      Gurmukhi: ਘਰਾਨਾ

      Shahmukhi: گھرانہ‎‎

    • Sindhi:

      Arabic: گھراڻو‎

      Devanagari: घराणो

    Sauraseni Prakrit:

    • Hindustani: gharānā

      Hindi: घराना

      Urdu: گَھرَانَا‎‎

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀖𑀭 (ghara) (through metathesis)

  Khasa Prakrit:

  • Dogri:

    Devanagari: घर (ghar)

    Dogra: 𑠍𑠤 (ghar)

  • Nepali: घर (ghar)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Assamese: ঘৰ (ghor)
  • Old Bengali: ঘর (ghara)
    • Middle Bengali: ঘর (ghara)
      • Bengali: ঘর (ghôrô)
    • Chakma: 𑄊𑄧𑄢𑄴
    • Rohingya: gór
    • Sylheti: ꠊꠞ (gór)
  • Maithili:

    Devanagari: घर (ghar)

    Tirhuta: 𑒒𑒩 (ghara)

  • Oriya: ଘର (ghôrô)

  Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)[3]

  • Konkani: ghar

    Devanagari: घर

    Kannada: ಘರ್

    Latin: ghor

  • Old Marathi: ghara

    Devanagari: घर

    Modi: 𑘑𑘨

    • Marathi: घर (ghar)

  Paisaci Prakrit:

  • Takka Apabhramsa:
    • Old Punjabi: ਘਰੁ (gharu)
      • Punjabi: ghar

        Gurmukhi: ਘਰ

        Shahmukhi: گھر‎

  • Vracada Apabhramsa:
    • Sindhi:

      Arabic: گهَرُ‎

      Devanagari: घरु

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Old Gujarati: घर (ghara)
      • Gujarati: ઘર (ghar)
      • Marwari: घर (ghar)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Old Hindi: घर (ghara)
      • Braj: घर (ghar)
      • Hindustani: ghar

        Hindi: घर

        Urdu: گَھر‎

  • Romani: kher, khër
    • Kalo Finnish Romani: tšeer
  • Vaghri: ઘર (ghar)

References

1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 463
2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*gharāyatana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 239
3. Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 254.

Further reading

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