𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra-

Sanskrit प्र- (pra-)

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Sanskrit स्तर (stara)

Sanskrit प्रस्तर (prastara)

Prakrit 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रस्तर (prastara). Cognate with Pali patthara.

Noun

𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀭 (patthara) m (Devanagari पत्थर, Kannada ಪತ್ಥರ) (attested in Śaurasenī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Māgadhī)

1. stone

Descendants

• Eastern:
  • Assamese: পাথৰ (pathor)
  • Bengali: পাথর (pathôr)
  • Sylheti: ꠙꠣꠔ꠆ꠕꠞ (fattór)
• Central:
  • Old Hindi: पाथर (pāthara)
• Northwestern:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਪੱਥਰ (patthar, “stone, rock”)

    Shahmukhi script: پتھر (patthar, “stone, rock”)

  • → Gujarati: પથ્થર (paththar)
  • → Marathi: पत्थर (patthar, “stone, rock”)
  • → Hindi: पत्थर (patthar, “stone, rock”)
  • → Urdu: پتھر (patthar, “stone, rock”)

References

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