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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

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”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*चिष्ट • (ciṣṭa) ?

  1. message

Descendants
  • Dardic:
    • Shina: چٹھ‎ (čiṭhi, “letter”)
  • Eastern:
  • 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), चिठी (ciṭhī, “letter”)
        • Urdu: چِٹّھَا‎ (“ballot”), چِٹّھِی‎, چِٹھِی‎ (“letter”)
  • Southern:
    • Maharashtri Prakrit:
      • Marathi: चिट्ठा (ciṭṭhā, “account”), चिठी (ciṭhī, “letter”)
  • Western:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: ਚਿੱਠੀ (ciṭṭhī), ਚਿੱਠਾ (ciṭṭhā)
        • Lahnda: چِٹّھِی‎ (ciṭṭhī)
      • Sindhi:
        • Arabic: چٽو‎ (ciṭho, “list”), چٽ‎ (ciṭhi, “letter”)
        • Devanagari: चिठो (ciṭho, “list”), चिठि (ciṭhi, “letter”)

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