Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀤𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸

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 reduplication.

Noun

*𑀤𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀸 (*diddā) (Devanagari *दिद्दा) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

sister

Derived terms

*𑀤𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀺𑀆 (*diddiā)
- Bengali: দিদি (didi)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: दीदी (dīdī)
  
  Urdu: دیدی (dīdī)
- Kumaoni: दिदी
- Marathi: दीदी (dīdī)
- Nepali: दिदी (didī)
- Odia: ଦିଦି (didi)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਦੀਦੀ (dīdī)
  
  Shahmukhi script: دیدی (dīdī)

Related terms

*𑀆𑀈 (*āī)
*𑀓𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*kākka)
*𑀘𑀸𑀘𑁆𑀘 (*cācca)
*𑀚𑀻𑀚𑁆𑀚 (*jījja)
𑀡𑀡𑁆𑀡 (ṇaṇṇa)
𑀢𑀸𑀅 (tāa, “father, son”)
*𑀤𑀸𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*dādda, “father”)
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), “didda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 362