𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀤𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀡 (dāhiṇa)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱs

Proto-Indo-European *déḱs-i-no-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas

Sanskrit दक्षि॑ण (dákṣiṇa)

Prakrit 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡

Inherited from Sanskrit दक्षि॑ण (dákṣiṇa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas (“right, righthand”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱs-i-no-s, from *déḱs (“right side”). Cognate with Pali dakkhiṇa.

Adjective

𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡 (dakkhiṇa) (Devanagari दक्खिण)

1. right, righthand, located on the right
2. southern, located in the south

Descendants

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: दक्खिन (dakkhin), दखिन (dakhin), दखन (dakhan), दक्खन (dakkhan)
      • → English: Deccan, Decan, Dekkan, Dekhan
        • →⇒ New Latin: deccanensis
    • Urdu: دَکّھِن (dakkhin)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali-Assamese:
    • Assamese: দক্ষিণ (dokhin)
    • Bengali: দক্ষিণ (dokkhin)
    • Rohingya: doóin
  • Bihari:
    • Bhojpuri: दखिन (dakhin)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Dhivehi: ދެކުނު (dekunu)
  • Sinhalese: දකුණු (dakuṇu)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Garhwali: दक्खिन (dakkhin)
  • Nepali: दक्खिन (dakkhina)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Punjabi: دکھن (dkhn /⁠dakkhiṇi⁠/)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਦੱਖਿਣ (dakkhiṇ), ਦੱਖਣ (dakkhaṇ)

      Shahmukhi script: دَکِّھݨ (dakkhiṇ)

  • Sindhi: डखिणु (ḍakhiṇu)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: डाखीण (ḍākhīṇ, “south wind”)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: દખણ (dakhaṇ)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “दक्खिण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dákṣiṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press