Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞

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

Probably with 𑀧𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀬 m (paḍḍaya, “buffalo”), 𑀧𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀻 f (paḍḍī, “cow or buffalo that has calved once”), 𑀧𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀺𑀬𑀸 f (paḍḍiyā, “small buffalo cow”), 𑀧𑀸𑀟𑀻 f (pāḍī, “young buffalo”), 𑀧𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 f (paḍḍacchī, “buffalo cow”), 𑀧𑁂𑀟𑁆𑀟 m (pĕḍḍa, “buffalo”), 𑀧𑁂𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀸 f (pĕḍḍā, “cow”), all borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Kannada ಪಡ್ಡೆ (paḍḍe, “fitness for breeding”), Telugu పడ్డ (paḍḍa, “a female buffalo or cow fit for breeding”).

Alternatively, related to Sanskrit पष्ठवह् (paṣṭhaváh, “a bull four years old”), but this is more unlikely.

Noun

*𑀧𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*paṭṭha) (Devanagari *पट्ठ) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

young of buffalo or goat

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: पाठा (pāṭhā), पट्ठा (paṭṭhā), पठ (paṭh), पठिया (paṭhiyā)
  - Urdu: پاٹھا (pāṭhā), پٹھا (paṭḥā), پٹھ (paṭh), پٹھیا (paṭhiyā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali: পাঁঠা (pãṭha), পাঁঠি (pãṭhi)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: पाठो (pāṭho), पाठि (pāṭhi)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*paṣṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 452
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pāḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 454
Burrow, T.; Emeneau, M. B. (1984), A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 262.