Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀟𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭

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.
This Prakrit entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Prakrit

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Sanskrit सू॒क॒र (sūkará)influ.?
Prakrit *𑀟𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭

    Most likely onomatopoeic. Compare Sanskrit सूकर (sūkara).

    Noun

    *𑀟𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭 (*ḍukkara) m or n (Devanagari *डुक्कर) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

    1. pig; boar
      Synonym: 𑀲𑀽𑀅𑀭 (sūara)

    Reconstruction notes

    More information
    • This reconstruction belongs to Late Middle Indo-Aryan because there are no Dardic descendants, no attested Prakrit or Apabhramsa terms and no features that would require an earlier stage.
    • With the exception of Hindustani, the descendants are limited to Southern Indo-Aryan and Western Indo-Aryan.
    • Although the referent has a natural gender, the unmarked Marathi and Gujarati terms can also be neuter.
    • Old Marathi 𑘚𑘳𑘎𑘨 n (ḍukara) is an Early New Indo-Aryan descendant.
    • Compare Marwari डारौ (ḍārau) / 𑅠𑅭𑅒 m (ḍru /⁠ḍārau⁠/, “pig”), which has word-initial ḍ- and word-penultimate -r- but does not have any word-medial consonants.

    Derived terms

    • *𑀟𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭-𑀇𑀓𑀸 (*ḍukkara-ikā)
    Feminine terms with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-)
    • Gujarati: ડુકરી (ḍukrī), ડુક્કરી (ḍukkarī)
    • Marathi: डुकरी / 𑘚𑘳𑘎𑘨𑘲 (ḍukrī)

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    Inherited
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