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हलुका

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Old Hindi

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-us
Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰus
Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hlagʰúš
Sanskrit लघु (laghu)
Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀼 (lahu)meta.
Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀼𑀅 (halua)der.
Old Hindi हलुका

    Derived from Prakrit हलु- (halu-, “lightweight”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓- (-kka-) + -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Nepali हलुको (haluko), Bengali হালকা (haloka). Related to Old Hindi लहु (lahu, “light, small”).[1]

    Adjective

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    हलुका (halukā) [2][3]

    1. light (in weight)

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Jaroslav Strnad (2013), Morphology and Syntax of Old Hindī : Edition and Analysis of One Hundred Kabīr Vānī Poems From Rājasthān (Brill's Indological Library; 45), Leiden, →OCLC, page 562
    2. ^ Winand M. Callewaert; Swapna Sharma (2009), “हलुका”, in Dictionary of Bhakti, Ramesh Nagar Metro Station, New Delhi 110 015: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., →ISBN, page 2181, column 2.
    3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “laghú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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