𑀤𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀤𑀢𑁆𑀢 (datta) – chiefly proper nouns[1] (< Sanskrit दत्त (dattá))

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀁𑀦 (diṃna /diṇṇa/), from Sanskrit *दिन्न (dinna),[2] दत्त (dattá), from Proto-Indo-European *de-dh₃-tó-s, from *deh₃- (“to give”). Cognate with Pali dinna.

Adjective

𑀤𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡 (diṇṇa) (Devanagari दिण्ण)

given

Verb

𑀤𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡 (diṇṇa) (Devanagari दिण्ण)

past participle of 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)

Derived terms

*𑀤𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀅 (*diṇṇa-lla-a)
- Old Marathi:
  Modi script: 𑘟𑘲𑘡𑘿𑘮𑘩𑘹𑘽 (dīnhaleṃ, perfective of 𑘟𑘹𑘜𑘹 (deṇe), 𑘠𑘹𑘜𑘹 (dheṇe))
  
  Devanagari script: दिन्हलें (dinhaleṃ, perfective of देणे (deṇe), धेणे (dheṇe))

References

Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 75.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dattá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 50.

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