Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀧𑁄𑀓
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Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀓
Probably borrowed from Dravidian, from Proto-Dravidian *po- (“hollow”), whence Tamil பொ (po, “perforate”), Tamil புய் (puy, “be pulled”), பிய் (piy), பொய் (poy, “be pulled”), பொகு (poku), பொக்கு (pokku, “hole”), பொதிர் (potir, “pierce”), பொது (potu, “be perforated”), பொத்து (pottu, “hole”).
Related to 𑀨𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (phukkā, “in vain”), Sanskrit पोङ्ग (poṅga), पुट (puṭa)—whence Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀟 (puḍa)—, Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀘𑁆𑀘 (pŏcca, “very soft”), 𑀧𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘 (pucca, “sapless”), 𑀧𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮 (pŏlla, “hollow”), 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (pulla, “hollow”), *𑀨𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭 (*phŏttara, “hollow”), *𑀧𑁄𑀧𑁆𑀧 (*pŏppa, “hollow”), *𑀨𑁄𑀲𑁆𑀲 (*phŏssa, “hollow”), *𑀪𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*bhŏkka, “hollow”), *𑀪𑁄𑀲 (*bhosa, “hollow”).
Adjective
*𑀧𑁄𑀓 (*poka) (Devanagari *पोक) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)[1]
Alternative reconstructions
- *𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮 (*pŏkkala), *𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (*pŏkkhara), *𑀧𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (*pŏggala), *𑀧𑁄𑀁𑀓 (*poṃka), *𑀧𑁄𑀁𑀕 (*poṃga), *𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*phŏkka), *𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭 (*phŏkkara), *𑀨𑁄𑀁𑀓 (*phoṃka)
Descendants
From *𑀧𑁄𑀓 (*poka)
- Marathi: पोयें (poyẽ), पोवें (povẽ)
From *𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀮 (*pŏkkala)
- Gujarati: પોકળ (pokaḷ), પોકળી (pokaḷī)
- Marathi: पोकळ (pokaḷ)
From *𑀧𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀭 (*pŏkkhara)
- Bengali: ফুকর (phukor)
- Marathi: पोखर (pokhar), पोखार (pokhār), पोखारा (pokhārā)
- Odia: ପୋଖର (pokhara)
From *𑀧𑁄𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (*pŏggala)
- Gujarati: પોગળ (pogaḷ), પોગર (pogar)
From *𑀧𑁄𑀁𑀓 (*poṃka)
- Marathi: पोंकण (poṅkaṇ)
From *𑀧𑁄𑀁𑀕 (*poṃga)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: पोंगा (poṅgā)
- Urdu: پونگا (pō̃gā)
From *𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*phŏkka)
- 𑀨𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (phukkā, “in vain”)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: फोक (phok), फोका (phokā)
- Urdu: پھوک (phok), پھوکا (phokā)
- Nepali: फोको (phoko)
- Old Gujarati: फोक (phoka)
- Gujarati: ફોક (phok)
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਫੋਕਾ (phokā)
- Shahmukhi script: پھوکا (phokā)
- Prakrit: 𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀝𑁆𑀝- (phŏkkaṭṭa-)
- Prakrit: 𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲- (phŏkkasa-)
- Nepali: फोक्सो (phokso)
From *𑀨𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭 (*phŏkkara)
- Bengali: ফোকর (phōkor)
From *𑀨𑁄𑀁𑀓 (*phoṃka)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: फोंक (phõk)
- Urdu: پھونک (phõk)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pōka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 476