Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀘𑀸𑀘𑁆𑀘

This 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.

Prakrit

Etymology

Onomatopoeic nursery word.

Noun

*𑀘𑀸𑀘𑁆𑀘 (*cācca) (Devanagari *चाच्च) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

uncle

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: चाचा m (cācā), चाची f (cācī)
  - Urdu: چاچا m (cācā), چاچی f (cācī)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali: চাচা m (caca), চাচী f (caci)
- Odia: ଚଚା (cacā)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Lahnda: چاچا (cācā)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਚਾਚਾ m (cācā), ਚਾਚੀ f (cācī)
  
  Shahmukhi script: چاچا m (cācā), چاچی f (cācī)
- Sindhi: [script needed] (cāco)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: ચાચો (cāco)

Related terms

*𑀆𑀈 (*āī)
*𑀓𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*kākka)
*𑀚𑀻𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*jījja)
𑀡𑀡𑁆𑀡 (ṇaṇṇa)
𑀢𑀸𑀅 (tāa, “father, son”)
*𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*dādda)
*𑀤𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (*diddā)
𑀧𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀨 (puppha)
𑀩𑀟𑀼 (baḍu)
𑀩𑀧𑁆𑀧 (bappa)
𑀩𑀸𑀅 (bāa)
𑀩𑀸𑀇𑀬𑀸 (bāiyā)
*𑀩𑀸𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bābba)
*𑀩𑀼𑀩 (*buba)
*𑀩𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀩 (*bubba)
*𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫 (*mamma)
𑀫𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺𑀆 (māussiā)
𑀫𑀸𑀫 (māma)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cacca”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 257