Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गान्त्री (gāntrī), the feminine variant of गन्तृ (gántṛ); compare Kashmiri گٔڈؠ (gạḍ'), Torwali گاڑے (ɡaṛe).

Noun

*𑀕𑀸𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*gāḍḍa)

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Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: گٔڈؠ (gạḍ')
• Prakrit: 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀆 (gaḍḍiā)
  • Central:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī)
      • Hindustani: gāṛā, gāṛī
        • Hindi: गाड़ा, गाड़ी (see there for further descendants)
        • Urdu: گَاڑَا, گَاڑِی
      • → Punjabi: gāḍḍī, gaḍḍī, gaḍḍ, gaḍḍā, gaḍīrā

        Gurmukhi script: ਗਾੱਡੀ, ਗੱਡੀ, ਗਾੱਡ, ਗੱਡਾ, ਗਦੀਰਾ

        Shahmukhi script: گَاڈِّی, گَڈِّی, گَڈْ, گَڈَْا, گَڈِیرَا

  • Eastern:
    • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa), 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 (gaḍḍī)
      • Assamese: গাড়ী (gari)
      • Bengali: গাড়ি (gaṛi)
      • Bihari: गाड़ा (gāṛā), गाड़ी (gāṛī), गड़ी (gaṛī)
        • Maithili: गाड़ा (gāṛā), गाड़ी (gāṛī), गड़ी (gaṛī)
      • Odia: ଗାଦ଼ୀ, ଗଦ଼ା
  • Northern:
    • Khasa Prakrit:
      • Eastern Pahari:
        • Nepali: गाडा (gāḍā), गाडि (gāḍi)
  • Northwestern:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Takka Apabhramsa:
        • Lahnda:
          • Hindko:
            • Southern Hindko: گڈی (gaḍī)
          • Saraiki: گَاڈِی (gāḍī), گَاݙَا (gāḏā), گَڈْ (gaḍ)
      • Vracada Apabhramsa:
        • Sindhi: gāḍ̠o

          Arabic script: گَاڏو

          Devanagari script: गाॾो

  • Southern:
    • Helu Prakrit:
      • Sinhalese: ගැළ (gæḷa)
    • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: गाडा (gāḍā), गाडी (gāḍī)
  • Western:
    • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟 (gaḍḍa)
      • Gujarati: ગાદું (gādũ), ગાડી (gāḍī), ગાડિદું (gāḍidũ)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gadda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 220