Reconstruction:Sanskrit/चिष्ट

This Sanskrit 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.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

চিষ্ট (Assamese script)
ᬘᬶᬱ᭄ᬝ (Balinese script)
চিষ্ট (Bengali script)
𑰓𑰰𑰬𑰿𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀘𑀺𑀱𑁆𑀝 (Brahmi script)
စိၑ္ဋ (Burmese script)
ચિષ્ટ (Gujarati script)
ਚਿਸ਼੍ਟ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌚𑌿𑌷𑍍𑌟 (Grantha script)
ꦕꦶꦰ꧀ꦛ (Javanese script)
𑂒𑂱𑂭𑂹𑂗 (Kaithi script)
ಚಿಷ್ಟ (Kannada script)
ចិឞ្ដ (Khmer script)
ຈິຩ຺ຏ (Lao script)
ചിഷ്ട (Malayalam script)
ᢜᡳᢢᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘓𑘱𑘬𑘿𑘘 (Modi script)
ᢋᠢᢔᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦳𑧒𑧌𑧠𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
𑐔𑐶𑐲𑑂𑐚 (Newa script)
ଚିଷ୍ଟ (Odia script)
ꢗꢶꢰ꣄ꢜ (Saurashtra script)
𑆖𑆴𑆰𑇀𑆛 (Sharada script)
𑖓𑖰𑖬𑖿𑖘 (Siddham script)
චිෂ‍්ට (Sinhalese script)
𑩡𑩑𑪀 𑪙𑩦 (Soyombo script)
𑚏𑚮𑚶𑚔 (Takri script)
சிஷ்ட (Tamil script)
చిష్ట (Telugu script)
จิษฺฏ (Thai script)
ཙི་ཥྚ (Tibetan script)
𑒔𑒱𑒭𑓂𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
𑨣𑨁𑨯𑩇𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *ćiṣṭás, possibly from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čištás (compare Younger Avestan 𐬗𐬌𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬙𐬌 (cinasti)),^[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kʷis-tós, from *kʷeys- (“to observe”).^[2]

Noun

*चिष्ट • (*ciṣṭa) stem, ?

message

Descendants

Dardic:
- Shina: چٹھ (čiṭhi, “letter”)
Eastern:
- Magadhi Prakrit:
  - Assamese: সিঠি (xithi)
  - Bengali: চিঠা (ciṭha, “tally”), চিঠি (ciṭhi, “letter”)
  - Maithili: चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
  - Odia: ଚିଠା (ciṭhā, “rough draft”), ଚିଠି (ciṭhi, “letter”)
Northern:
- Khasa Prakrit:
  - Nepali: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “lot”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)
Central:
- Shauraseni Prakrit:
  - Awadhi: चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”)
  - Gujarati: ચિટ્ઠી (ciṭṭhī)
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “ballot”), चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), चीठी (cīṭhī, “letter”) (see there for further descendants)
    - Urdu: چِٹّھَا (ciṭṭhā, “ballot”), چِٹّھِی (ciṭṭhī), چِیٹھِی (cīṭhī, “letter”)
Southern:
- Maharashtri Prakrit:
  - Marathi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “account”), चिठी (ciṭhī, “letter”)
Western:
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Punjabi: ਚਿੱਠੀ (ciṭṭhī), ਚਿੱਠਾ (ciṭṭhā)
    - Lahnda: چِٹّھِی (ciṭṭhī)
  - Sindhi:
    - Arabic script: چٽو (ciṭho, “list”), چٽ (ciṭhi, “letter”)
    - Devanagari script: चिठो (ciṭho, “list”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)

References

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
^ Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

[1] Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ciṣṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

[2] Cheung, Johnny (2007), Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 30

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