𑀲𑀢
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit शत (śatá, “hundred”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śatám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćatám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Pali sata.
Numeral
𑀲𑀢 (sata) (Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada, Kalsi, Rupnath, Sahasram)
- hundred
Alternative forms
Attested at Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada, Kalsi, Rupnath and Sahasram.
Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀢 (“hundred”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Forms edit |
Central | Kalsi | 𑀱𑀢 (ṣata), 𑀲𑀢 (sata) |
Delhi-Topra | 𑀲𑀢 (sata) | |
Rupnath | 𑀲𑀢 (sata) | |
Sahasram | 𑀲𑀢 (sata) | |
East | Dhauli | 𑀲𑀢 (sata) |
Jaugada | 𑀲𑀢 (sata) | |
Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨭𐨟 (śata) |
Mansehra | 𐨭𐨟 (śata) | |
West | Girnar | 𑀲𑀢 (sata) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀢 (“hundred”) | ||
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𑀲𑀢 (sata) (7) 𐨭𐨟 (śata) (2) 𑀱𑀢 (ṣata) (1) |
Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀲𑀬 (saya)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀰𑀤 (śada)
- Assamese: শ (xo)
- Bhojpuri: सौ (sau)
- Oriya: ଶହ (śôhô)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀲𑀅 (saä), 𑀲𑀬 (saya)
- Konkani:
- Devanagari: -शे (-śe)
- Kannada: -ಶೆ (-śe)
- Latin: -xem
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: श्ये (śye), सें (seṃ)
- Modi: 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘹 (śye), 𑘭𑘹𑘽 (seṁ)
- Marathi: -शे (-śe)
- Konkani:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀤 (sada)
- Old Gujarati: सउ
- Gujarati: સો (so)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: सौ (sau)
- Urdu: سو (sau)
- Nepali: सय (saya)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਸੌ (sau)
- Shahmukhi: سَو (sav)
- Romani: шэл, šel
- Sindhi:
- Arabic: سؤ
- Devanagari: सउ
- Old Gujarati: सउ
References
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 137
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “sahásra (13307)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press