𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀤𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀡 (dāhiṇa)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *déḱs

Proto-Indo-European *déḱs-i-no-s

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas

Sanskrit दक्षि॑ण (dákṣiṇa)

Prakrit 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡

Inherited from Sanskrit दक्षि॑ण (dákṣiṇa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáćšinas (“right, righthand”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱs-i-no-s, from *déḱs (“right side”). Cognate with Pali dakkhiṇa.

Adjective

𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡 (dakkhiṇa) (Devanagari दक्खिण)

right, righthand, located on the right
southern, located in the south

Descendants

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: दक्खिन (dakkhin), दखिन (dakhin), दखन (dakhan), दक्खन (dakkhan)
    - → English: Deccan, Decan, Dekkan, Dekhan
      - →⇒ New Latin: deccanensis
  - Urdu: دَکّھِن (dakkhin)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
  - Assamese: দক্ষিণ (dokhin)
  - Bengali: দক্ষিণ (dokkhin)
  - Rohingya: doóin
- Bihari:
  - Bhojpuri: दखिन (dakhin)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: ދެކުނު (dekunu)
- Sinhalese: දකුණු (dakuṇu)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Garhwali: दक्खिन (dakkhin)
- Nepali: दक्खिन (dakkhina)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Old Punjabi: دکھن (dkhn /⁠dakkhiṇi⁠/)
  - Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਦੱਖਿਣ (dakkhiṇ), ਦੱਖਣ (dakkhaṇ)
    Shahmukhi script: دَکِّھݨ (dakkhiṇ)
- Sindhi: डखिणु (ḍakhiṇu)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: डाखीण (ḍākhīṇ, “south wind”)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: દખણ (dakhaṇ)

References

Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “दक्खिण”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dákṣiṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press