𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀇
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit प्रसरति (prásarati). Synchronically analysable as 𑀧- (pa-) + 𑀲𑀭𑀇 (saraï). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀤𑀺 (pasaradi), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀧𑀰𑀮𑀤𑀺 (paśaladi).
Verb
𑀧𑀲𑀭𑀇 (pasaraï) (Devanagari पसरइ, Kannada ಪಸರಇ) (intransitive) (Maharastri)
- to scatter, spread, extend
Descendants
- Old Marathi: 𑘢𑘭𑘨𑘜𑘹 (pasaraṇe)
- Marathi: पसरणे (pasarṇe)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “prásarati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924), “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, volume VIII, issue 2, Calcutta, page 144.
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 342.