Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀟𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀇

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *der-

Sanskrit दॄ (dṝ)

Sanskrit दारयति (dārayati)

Sanskrit दालयति (dālayati)?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwerh₁-?

Sanskrit ध्वृ (dhvṛ)

Sanskrit ध्वर॑ति (dhvárati)?

Prakrit 𑀠𑀮𑀇 (ḍhalaï)?

Prakrit *𑀟𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀇

Uncertain. Probably inherited from Sanskrit दालयति (dālayati, “to cause to split, break”) with unexpected retroflexion. Cognate with Pali dāleti. Doublet of 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀅 (dāria, “torn, crushed”) and 𑀤𑀮𑀇 (dalaï). For the semantic overlap in "destroy" ~ "pour, throw", compare Sanskrit क्षर॑ति (kṣárati, “to trickle; perish”), पा॒तय॑ति (pātáyati, “to pour out; destroy”).

Turner instead compares it to Prakrit 𑀠𑀮𑀇 (ḍhalaï, “to fall, drip”).^[1]

Verb

*𑀟𑀸𑀮𑁂𑀇 (*ḍālei) (Devanagari *डालेइ) (transitive) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

to pour

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Old Awadhi: डारइ (ḍāraï)
- Hindustani: (“to put, place, pour, apply”)
  Hindi: डालना (ḍālnā), (obsolete) डारना (ḍārnā)
  
  Urdu: ڈالْنا (ḍālnā), (obsolete) ڈارْنا (ḍārnā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bihari:
  - Maithili: डारब (ḍārab)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi: (“to put, place, pour, apply”)
  Gurmukhi script: ਡਾਰਨਾ (ḍārnā)
  
  Shahmukhi script: ڈارْنا (ḍārnā)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: डाळणे (ḍāḷṇe, “to pile, stack”)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ḍāl”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ḍāl”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 112

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