< Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit

Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀓

This Ashokan 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.

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology
PIE word
*néh₂s

From Sanskrit *नःक ~ *नस्क (naḥka ~ naska), from नस् (nás) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).

Noun

*𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*nakka)[1]

  1. (anatomy) nose

Derived terms
  • *𑀦𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*nākka) (vṛddhi derivative)
    • *𑀦𑀸𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀓 (*nākka-ka) (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))
      • Magadhi Prakrit:
        • Oriya: ନାକା (naka)
      • Maharastri Prakrit:
      • Sauraseni Prakrit:
        • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
        • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Paisaci Prakrit:
        • Punjabi:
          Gurmukhi script: ਨਾਕਾ (nākā)
          Shahmukhi script: ناکہ‎ (nākh)
        • Sindhi:
          Arabic script: ناڪو‎
          Devanagari script: नाको
  • *𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀓𑀻𑀮 (*nakkakīla)
    • Magadhi Prakrit:
      • Maithili: nakēl
        Devanagari script: नकेल
        Tirhuta script: 𑒢𑒏𑒹𑒪
    • Sauraseni Prakrit:
      • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
        • Gujarati: નકેલ (nakel)
        • Marwari: नकेल (nakel)
      • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Paisaci Prakrit:
      • Punjabi: nakēl
        Gurmukhi script: ਨਕੇਲ
        Shahmukhi script: نَکیل‎
  • *𑀦𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀲𑀺𑀭𑀸 (*nakkasirā)

Descendants
  • Prakrit: 𑀡𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇakka) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Classical Sanskrit: नक्र (nakra) (Sanskritization) (<? Prakrit)

References
  1. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “nakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 397
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