𑀳𑀢
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit हत (hatá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *źʰatás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ǰʰatás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰn̥-tó-s, from *gʷʰen- (“to kill”). Cognate with Pali hata.
Noun
𑀳𑀢 (hata) (Girnar, Kalsi)
- struck, killed
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Rock Edict 13 Girnar line 1
- 𑀲𑀢-𑀲𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀭-𑀫𑀸𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀁 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀸 𑀳𑀢𑀁 𑀩𑀳𑀼-𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀢𑀓𑀁 𑀫𑀢𑀸
- sata-sahasra-mātraṃ tatrā hataṃ bahu-tāvatakaṃ matā
- […] one hundred thousand [Kalingas] in number were those who were slain there, [and] many times as many those who died.
Alternative forms
Dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Forms edit |
Central | Kalsi | 𑀳𑀢 (hata) |
Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨱𐨟 (hata) |
Mansehra | 𐨱𐨟 (hata) | |
West | Girnar | 𑀳𑀢 (hata) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀳𑀢 (“struck, killed”) | ||
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𐨱𐨟 (hata) (2) 𑀳𑀢 (hata) (2) |
Descendants
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀳𑀅 (haä)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀤 (hada)
- Hindi: हया (hayā)
- ⇒ Hindi: हयना (hayanā, “to kill, strike”) (poetic)
- Hindi: हया (hayā)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “hatá (13955)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press