Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀓𑀼𑀟

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ-der.?

Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀟

Uncertain.

Per Burrow, borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ- (“son, young one; new”); compare Tamil குழ (kuḻa, “young”), Kannada ಕೊಡ (koḍa, “youth”).^[1] Compare Sanskrit कुणक (kuṇaka, “young animal”), Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀓𑁄𑀭 (*kora, “fresh, new”), Sanskrit कोरक (koraka, “bud”), कुड्मल (kuḍmala, “filled with buds”).
Alternatively claimed to be from Munda (compare Santali ᱠᱩᱲᱤ (kuṛi)), but the directionality of borrowing may rather be the other way.

Noun

*𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa) m^[2] (Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan)

boy, son
child

Descendants

Inherited or extended with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-)

Niya Prakrit: [script needed] (kuḍ'aǵa)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan: *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Punjabi: ਕੁੜਾ (kuṛā)

Extended with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)

Dardic:
- Shinaic:
  - Palula: کُڑیۡ (kúṛi)
Niya Prakrit: [script needed] (kuḍ'i)
Proto-New Indo-Aryan: *𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀺𑀆 (*kuḍiā)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  - Pahari-Potwari: کُڑی (kuṛī)
  - Punjabi: ਕੁੜੀ / کُڑی (kuṛī)

References

^ Burrow, T[homas] (1948), “Dravidian Studies VII: Further Dravidian words in Sanskrit”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎^[1], volume 12, number 2, page 373 of 365–396
^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*kuḍa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 167

[1] Burrow, T[homas] (1948), “Dravidian Studies VII: Further Dravidian words in Sanskrit”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London‎^[1], volume 12, number 2, page 373 of 365–396

[2] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*kuḍa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 167

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