𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞

Prakrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *dr̥ḱtós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥štás
Sanskrit दृ॒ष्ट (dṛṣṭá)
Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞

    Inherited from Sanskrit दृ॒ष्ट (dṛṣṭá),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dr̥štás, from Proto-Indo-European *dr̥ḱtós, from *derḱ- + *-tós.

    Adjective

    𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (diṭṭha) (Devanagari दिट्ठ, Kannada ದಿಟ್ಠ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

    1. seen

    Verb

    𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞 (diṭṭha) (Devanagari दिट्ठ)

    1. past participle of 𑀤𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇 (dissaï) (compare 𑀧𑀸𑀲𑀇 (pāsaï))

    Descendants

    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabic:
        • Old Punjabi: ਡਿਠਾ (ḍiṭhā /⁠ḍiṭṭhā⁠⁠/), ਡੀਠਾ (ḍīṭhā)
        • Saraiki: ݙِٹّھا / ॾिट्ठा / 𑊓𑊑 (ḏiṭṭhā)
      • Sindhic:
        • Sindhi: ڏِٺو / ॾिठो (ḏiṭho)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dr̥ṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 372: “Pk. daṭṭha-, diṭṭha-, deṭṭha- (with e from dekkhaï) 'seen'”

    Further reading

    • Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 90
    • Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 50.
    • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “दिट्ठ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 462.
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