Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed words 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

Onomatopoeic, imitating baby-talk. Compare *𑀩𑀸𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*bāppa).

Noun

*𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba)[1]

father

Derived terms

*𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀓 (*bābbaka)
- Bengali: বাবা (baba)
- Hindustani: bābā
  Hindi: बाबा
  Urdu: بابا‎
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi: ਬਾਬਾ (bābā)
  Shahmukhi: بابا‎ (bābā)
*𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀼𑀓 (*bābbuka)
- Gujarati: બાબૂ (bābū)
- Hindustani: bābū
  Hindi: बाबू
  Urdu: بابُو‎
- Marathi: बाबू (bābū)
- Nepali: बाबु (bābu)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi: ਬਾਬੂ (bābū)
  Shahmukhi: بابو‎ (bābo)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*bābba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*bābba”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 520