𑀮𑀯𑀁𑀕
Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Sanskrit लवङ्ग (lavaṅga)
Prakrit 𑀮𑀯𑀁𑀕 (lavaṃga)
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀮𑀯𑀗𑁆𑀕 (lavaṅga, “clove”),[1] borrowed from Malayo-Polynesian. Cognate with Pali lavaṅga.
Noun
𑀮𑀯𑀁𑀕 (lavaṃga) m or n (Devanagari लवंग) [2]
Descendants
- Apabhramsa: लवंग (lavaṃga)
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: ल्वाङ (lwāṅ)
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਲੌਂਗ (lauṅg)
- Shahmukhi script: لَونْگ (laung)
- Sindhic:
- Sindhi: lauṅgu
- Arabic script: لَوْنگُ
- Devanagari script: लौंगु
- Khudabadi script: 𑋚𑋨𑋟𑊼𑋣
- Kachchi: lavaṅg
- Gujarati script: લવંગ
- Khudabadi script: 𑋚𑋛𑋟𑊼
- Sindhi: lauṅgu
- Punjabi:
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: lavaṅga
- Devanagari script: लवंग
- Modi script: 𑘩𑘪𑘽𑘐
- Marathi: lavaṅga
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: લવિંગ (laviṅg)
References
More information
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lavaṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 637: “Pk. lavaṁga- m.n.”
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “लवंग”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 723.