Reconstruction:Prakrit/𑀮𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸

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

Unknown. Part of the Indo-Aryan "defective" group of words. Related to *𑀮𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (*luṭṭa, “lump”), 𑀮𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀼𑀅 (laḍḍua, “lump”). Came to mean "corpse" in many descendants (perhaps by euphemism), for which compare Hindi लोथड़ा (lothṛā, “lump of flesh”).

Noun

*𑀮𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀸 (*lŏtthā) f (Devanagari *लोत्था) (Proto-New Indo-Aryan)

lump, defective

Descendants

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: लोथी (lothī, “knotted club”), लोथड़ा (lothṛā, “lump of flesh”), लोथ (loth, “corpse”)
  - Urdu: لوتھی (lothī), لوتھڑا (lothṛā), لوتھ (loth)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: लोथ (loth, “corpse”)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਲੋਥ (loth, “corpse”)
  
  Shahmukhi script: لوتھ (loth)
- Sindhi: [script needed] (loth, “corpse”)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: लोथ (loth, “corpse”)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: લોથ (loth, “corpse, inferior”)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*lōttha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 649