उन्हाल

Apabhramsa

Alternative forms

• उण्हाल (uṇhāla)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *उण्हआल (uṇhaāla), from Sanskrit उष्णकाल (uṣṇakāla).

Noun

उन्हाल (unhāla) m

1. summer

Descendants

Descendants with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)

• Central:
  • Old Hindi: उन्हांला (unhāṃlā)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi: ਹੁਨਾਲਾ (hunālā)
• Southern:
  • Old Marathi: 𑘄𑘡𑘿𑘮𑘰𑘯𑘰 (unhāḷā)
• Western:
  • Old Gujarati: ऊन्हालउ (ūnhālaü)
    • Gujarati: ઉનાળો (unāḷo)
    • Rajasthani: उन्हाळ, उन्हाळउ
      • Marwari: उन्हाळो (unhāḷo)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uṣṇakāla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “उन्हाल”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 162.