𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *derḱ-

Sanskrit दृश् (dṛś)der.

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Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate)influ.?

Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺

Inherited from Sanskrit *देक्षति (*dekṣati), somehow related to the root दृश् (dṛś).^[1]

Turner suggests that -e- developed from analogy with Sanskrit प्रेक्ष॑ते (prékṣate, “to see”), which is from प्रेक्ष् (prekṣ, “to look, regard”), a compound of प्र- (pra-) + ईक्ष् (īkṣ, “to see, look”).

𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati /dekkhati/)

Attested at Dhauli and Jaugada.

Dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“to see”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati)
East	Dhauli	𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)
East	Jaugada	𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀔𑀢𑀺 (drakhati), 𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati)
Northwest	Mansehra	𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati)
West	Girnar	𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (“to see”)
𑀤𑁂𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dekhati) (2) 𐨡𐨑𐨟𐨁 (dakhati) (2) 𑀧𑀲𑀢𑀺 (pasati) (1) 𑀤𑀔𑀢𑀺 (dakhati) (1) 𑀤𑁆𑀭𑀔𑀢𑀺 (drakhati) (1)

Prakrit: 𑀤𑁂𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dĕkkhaï), 𑀤𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (dacchaï), 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (dakkhaï), 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀇 (dehaï) — Ardhamāgadhī, 𑀤𑁂𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (dĕcchaï) — Māhārāṣṭrī (see there for further descendants)

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