Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Aryan/gẓʰar-

This Proto-Indo-Aryan 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.

Proto-Indo-Aryan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gẓʰar-

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰar-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-.

Root

*gẓʰar-

to flow, to stream
to melt, wane, perish

Descendants

Sanskrit: क्षर् (kṣar)
Pali: ghar

Derived terms

*gẓʰárati
- Sanskrit: क्षरति (kṣarati)
  - → Pali: kharati
  - → Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀭𑀇 (kharaï)
  - Gujarati: ખરવું (kharvũ)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*jharati)
  - Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀛𑀭𑀇 (jharaï)
    - Marathi: झरणे (j̈harṇe)
    - Konkani: झर्चे (j̈harce, “to wear off”)
  - Sauraseni Prakrit:
    - Hindi: झड़ना (jhaṛnā, “to fall off (said of hair)”)
    - Gujarati: ઝરવું (jharvũ, “to drip, trickle”)
  - Magadhi Prakrit:
    - Bengali: ঝরা (jhora)
*pragẓʰárati
- Pali: paggharati
*udgẓʰárati
- Pali: uggharati
*gẓʰaras (“flowing, melting”)
- Sanskrit: क्षर (kṣara)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭 (*jhara)
  - → Sanskrit: झर (jhara)
  - Maharastri Prakrit:
    - Marathi: झरा (zharā)
*gẓʰaranam
- Sanskrit: क्षरण (kṣaraṇa)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭𑀡 (*jharaṇa, “waterfall”)
  - Bengali: ঝরনা (jhorna)
  - Hindi: झरना (jharnā)