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Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸

This Ashokan Prakrit entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कृत्य-गृह (kṛtya-gṛha). Synchronically analysable as 𑀓𑀘 (kaca /kacca/, Girnar) +‎ *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Noun

*𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀓𑀸 (*kaccagarhikā) f[1]

  1. courthouse

Descendants
  • Prakrit:
    Khasa Prakrit:
    Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: কাচাৰী (kasari)
    • Bengali: কাছারি (kachari), কাচারি (kacari)
    • Maithili: kacharī
      Devanagari: कचहरी
      Tirhuta: 𑒏𑒔𑒯𑒩𑒲
    • Oriya: କଚେରି (kôceri), କଚିରି (kôciri)
    Sauraseni Prakrit:
    • Hindustani: kacahrī
      Hindi: कचहरी (see there for further descendants)
      Urdu: کَچَہْرِی‎
    Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi: ਕਚਹਿਰੀ (kachirī), ਕਚਹਰੀ (kacharī)
      Shahmukhi: کَچہری‎ (kacehri)
    • Sindhi:
      Arabic: ڪَچَهَريِ‎
      Devanagari: कचहरी

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kr̥tyagharikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 178
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