𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺

𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit *देक्षति (dekṣati), somehow related to the root दृश् (dṛś).[1]

Verb

𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)

1. Synonym of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati, “to see”)

Alternative forms

Attested at Dhauli and Jaugada.

Dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“to see”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati)
East	Dhauli	𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)
	Jaugada	𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀔𑀢𑀺 (drakhati), 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati)
	Mansehra	𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati)
West	Girnar	𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“to see”)
𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati) (2) 𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁‎ (dakhati) (2) 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati) (1) 𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati) (1) 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀔𑀢𑀺 (drakhati) (1)

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
  • Assamese: দেখা (dekha)
  • Bengali: দেখা (dekha)
  • Sylheti: ꠖꠦꠈꠣ (dexa)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀤𑀺 (dekkhadi)
  • Awadhi: देखब (dekhab)
  • Braj: देखन (dekhan)
  • Gujarati: દેખવું (dekhvũ)
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: देखना (dekhnā)

    Urdu: دیکھنا‎ (dekhnā)

  • Marwari: देखणौ (dekhṇau)
  • Nepali: देख्नु (dekhnu)

References

1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “*dr̥kṣati (6507)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press