Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit पौष्कर (pauṣkara).
Adjective
𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (pŏkkhara) (Devanagari पोक्खर)
- relating to the lotus
Descendants
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Braj: पोखर (pokhar), पोखरा (pokhrā), पोखरी (pokhrī)
- Bundeli: पोखरी (pokhrī)
- Kannauji: पोखरा, पोखरी
- Hindustani: pokhar, pokhrā
- Hindi: पोखर, पोखरा
- Urdu: پوکھَر, پوکھرا
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Assamese: পুখুৰী (pukhuri)
- Old Bengali: পোখরী (pokharī)
- Bengali: পুখুর (pukhur), পুখইর (pukhoir), পুকুর (pukur)
- Bihari:
- Angika: pokhar, pokhrā, pokhrī
- Devanagari script: पोखर, पोखरा, पोखरी
- Kaithi script: 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩, 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩𑂰, 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩𑂲
- Bajjika: पोखरा / 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩𑂰 (pokhrā)
- Bhojpuri: pōkhᵊrā, pōkhᵊrī
- Devanagari script: पोखरा, पोखरी
- Kaithi script: 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩𑂰, 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩𑂲
- Magahi: pōkhar, pōkhᵊrā
- Devanagari script: पोखर, पोखरा
- Kaithi script: 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩, 𑂣𑂷𑂎𑂩𑂰
- Maithili: pōkhᵊrā, pōkhᵊrɨ
- Devanagari script: पोखरा, पोखरि
- Tirhuta script: 𑒣𑒽𑒐𑒩𑒰, 𑒣𑒼𑒐𑒩𑒰
- Odia: ପୋଖରୀ (pokhari)
- Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Sinhalese: පොකුර (pokura)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Central Pahari:
- Garhwali: पोखर (pokhar), पोखरी (pokhrī)
- Kumaoni: पोखर
- Eastern Pahari:
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: pokhar
- Gurmukhi script: ਪੋਖਰ
- Shahmukhi script: پوکھَر
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
References
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “पोक्खर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].