𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kers-

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás

Sanskrit कृ॒ष्ण (kṛṣṇá)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳

𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha) (Devanagari कण्ह, Gujarati કણ્હ, Kannada ಕಣ್ಹ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Śaurasenī) ^[2]^[3]

Inherited

Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kachchi: 𑊺𑋡𑋑𑋪𑋑𑋧 (kinno)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Northern Hindko: کِنَّاں (kìnnā̃)
- Sindhi: 𑊺𑋡𑋑𑋣 (kinu)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: कान्ही (kānhī)

𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha) m (Devanagari कण्ह) ^[2]

𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha) m^[2]

Inherited

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Awadhi: कंधैया (kandhaiyā)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: कान्ह (kānha), कान्हा (kānhā), ⇒ कन्हैया (kanhaiyā)
  - Urdu: ⇒ کَنْہَیَّا (kanhayyā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Assamese: কানু (kanu), ⇒ কানাই (kanai)
  - Bengali: কান (kan), কানো (kanō), কানু (kanu), ⇒ কানাই (kanai)
  - Sylheti: ⇒ ꠇꠣꠘꠣꠁ (xanai)
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: 𑂍𑂰𑂢𑂹𑂯𑂰 (kānhā)
  - Maithili: 𑒏𑒰𑒢𑓂𑒯 (kānha)
- Odia: କାନ୍ହ (kānha)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: ਕਾਨ੍ਹ / کانھ (kānh), ਕਾਨ੍ਹਾ / کانھا (kānhā)
- Sindhi: ڪانُ / कानु / 𑊺𑋠𑋑𑋧 (kānu)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: कान्हू (kānhū), कान्हा (kānhā)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: કાનો (kāno), ⇒ કાનુડો (kānuḍo)

Borrowed

→ Old Tamil: 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀷𑁆 (kaṇṇaṉ)
- Malayalam: കണ്ണൻ (kaṇṇaṉ)
- Tamil: கண்ணன் (kaṇṇaṉ)
→? Telugu: కన్న (kanna)

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kr̥ṣṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 179
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “कण्ह”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 221.
^ Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 219