𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀞

Prakrit

Etymology

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Sanskrit कुण्ठ (kuṇṭha)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀞

Inherited from Sanskrit कुण्ठ (kuṇṭha). Cognate with Pali कुण्ठ (kuṇṭha). Part of the Indo-Aryan "defective" group of words.

Adjective

𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀞 (kuṃṭha) (Devanagari कुंठ)

slow, stupid

Related terms

𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀠 (kiṃḍha)
*𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀝 (*kuṃṭa)
*𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀟 (*kuṃḍa)
𑀓𑀼𑀁𑀠 (kuṃḍha)
*𑀓𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*kuṭṭa)
*𑀓𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*kuḍḍha)
𑀓𑀼𑀠𑀺𑀬 (kuḍhiya)
𑀓𑁄𑀁𑀞 (koṃṭha)
*𑀔𑀼𑀁𑀠 (*khuṃḍha)
𑀔𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (khuṭṭa, “broken”)
*𑀔𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (*khuḍḍha)
𑀔𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (khuḍḍha)
𑀔𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥 (khuddha)
*𑀕𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*guṭṭha)

Descendants

Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਕੁੰਢ (kuṇḍh)
  
  Shahmukhi script: کنڈھ (kuṇḍh)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kuṇṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 167