𑀕𑀠

Prakrit

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás
    Prakrit 𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha)

    Inherited from Sanskrit *गृध (*gṛdha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás.

    Noun

    𑀕𑀠 (gaḍha) m (Devanagari गढ) [1][2]

    1. fort

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
    • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northern Indo-Aryan:
    • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਗੜ੍ਹ (gaṛh)
        Shahmukhi script: گَڑھ (gaṛh)
      • Saraiki: ڳَڑھ (g̈aṛh)
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
      • Marathi: 𑘐𑘛𑘲 (gaḍhī)
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Gujarati: गढ (gaḍha)

    References

    1. ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “गढ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
    2. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎[1], volume 1, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 463

    Further reading

    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gaḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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