𑀘

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit च (ca), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ča, from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe.

Conjunction

𑀘 (ca) (enclitic) (Girnar, Dhauli, Jaugada, Deli-Topra, Lauriya-Araraj, Nigali-Sagar, Sarnath, Brahmagiri)

1. and

Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Bairat, Brahmagiri, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada, Kalsi, Lauriya-Araraj, Nigali-Sagar, Rupnath, Sanchi and Sarnath.

Dialectal forms of 𑀘 (“and”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀘𑀸 (cā), 𑀘 (ca)
	Delhi-Topra	𑀘 (ca), 𑀘𑀸 somewhat common (cā)
	Lauriya-Araraj	𑀘 (ca)
	Lumbini	𑀘𑀸 (cā)
	Nigali-Sagar	𑀘 (ca)
	Sarnath	𑀘 (ca)
	Rupnath	𑀘 (ca)
	Bairat	𑀘 (ca), 𑀘𑀸 rare (cā)
	Sanchi	𑀘 (ca)
	Allahabad-Kosambi	𑀘 (ca)
	Sahasram	𑀘𑀸 (cā)
East	Dhauli	𑀘 (ca), 𑀘𑀸 rare (cā)
	Jaugada	𑀘 (ca), 𑀘𑀸 rare (cā)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨕 (ca)
	Mansehra	𐨕 (ca)
West	Girnar	𑀘 (ca)
South	Brahmagiri	𑀘 (ca)
	Maski	𑀘𑀸 (cā)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀘 (“and”)
𑀘 (ca) (13) 𑀘𑀸 (cā) (8) 𐨕 (ca) (2)

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Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ca (Latin script)
• च (Devanagari script)
• চ (Bengali script)
• ච (Sinhalese script)
• စ or ၸ (Burmese script)
• จ or จะ (Thai script)
• ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈ or ຈະ (Lao script)
• ច (Khmer script)
• 𑄌 (Chakma script)

Particle

𑀘 (ca)

1. and (copulative particle)