๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€™

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit เคตเฅƒเฅ’เค•เฅเคท (vแน›kแนฃรก), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wrฬฅฤ‡ลกรกs.

    This word shows a special development of แน› via the addition of an epenthetic vowel after the rhotic.

    Noun

    ๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€™ (vracha /vraccha/) m

    1. tree

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Girnar.

    Dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€™ (โ€œtreeโ€)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Kalsi ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€” (lukha)
    East Dhauli ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€” (lukha)
    Jaugada ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€” (lukha)
    Northwest Shahbazgarhi ๐จช๐จ‚๐จ– (rucha)
    Mansehra ๐จช๐จ‚๐จ– (rucha)
    West Girnar ๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€™ (vracha)
    Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€™ (โ€œtreeโ€)
    ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€” (lukha) (3)
    ๐จช๐จ‚๐จ– (rucha) (2)
    ๐‘€ฏ๐‘†๐‘€ญ๐‘€™ (vracha) (1)

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: ๐‘€ฏ๐‘€˜๐‘†๐‘€™ (vaccha)

    References