𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit स्पृ (spṛ)der.?

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati)

Prakrit 𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀇

Inherited from Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*phirati), possibly from Sanskrit स्पृ (spṛ).

Compare Late Sanskrit फलति (phalati), फेलति (phelati, “goes”), whose root, फेल् (phel), is unmentioned in etymological dictionaries. Possibly from the Sanskrit root स्पृ (spṛ, “to release”), or otherwise related to Persian سپردن (separdan, “to traverse”).

Verb

𑀨𑀺𑀭𑀇 (phiraï) (Devanagari फिरइ, Kannada ಫಿರಇ) (intransitive) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to turn, travel, wander

Derived terms

• *𑀨𑁂𑀭𑁂𑀇 (*pherei), 𑀨𑁂𑀭𑀡 n (pheraṇa, “turning”) (analogized causative)
• *𑀨𑁂𑀭 (*phera, “turn, turning”)

Descendants

• Takka Apabhramsa: 𑆦𑆴𑆫𑆅 (phiraï) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “phirati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 510