𑀲𑀤

𑀲𑀤

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀬 (saya) – Ardhamagadhi, 𑀲𑀅 (saa) – Maharastri, 𑀰𑀤 (śada) – Magadhi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀢 (sata), from Sanskrit शत (śatá, “hundred”). Cognate with Pali sata.

Numeral

𑀲𑀤 (sada) n (Devanagari सद) (Sauraseni)(cardinal number)[1][2]

1. hundred

Descendants

• Old Gujarati: सउ (saü)
  • Gujarati: સો (so)
• Hindustani:

  Hindi: सौ (sau)

  Urdu: سو‎ (sau)

• Nepali: सय (saya)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸੌ (sau)

  Shahmukhi: سَو‎ (sau)

• Romani: śel, šel
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: ȟeel
• Sindhi:

  Arabic: سؤ‎

  Devanagari: सउ

References

1. Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 322.
2. Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 41.

Further reading

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