چاݭ

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *plúsis
Proto-Indo-Iranian *plúšiš
Proto-Indo-Aryan *plúṣiṣ
Sanskrit *प्रषु (*praṣu)
Kalami چاݭ

    Inherited from Sanskrit *प्रषु (*praṣu), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *plúṣiṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *plúšiš, from Proto-Indo-European *plúsis (“flea”).

    Pronunciation

    • Tone class: H(L)
    • IPA(key): /t͡ɕə́ːʂ/

    Noun

    چاݭ (čǟṣ) m

    1. flea

    References

    • Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “čǟṣ”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 83
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “plúṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 506
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