𑀮𑀥

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लब्ध (labdha). Cognate with Pali laddha.

Adjective

𑀮𑀥 (ladha /laddha/)[1]

  1. taken, seized, obtained

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar and Kalsi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀮𑀥 (“taken, seized, obtained”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀮𑀥 (ladha)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨫𐨢 (ladha)
Mansehra 𐨫𐨢 (ladha)
West Girnar 𑀮𑀥 (ladha)
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀮𑀥 (“taken, seized, obtained”)
𐨫𐨢 (ladha) (2)
𑀮𑀥 (ladha) (2)

Descendants
  • Prakrit: 𑀮𑀤𑁆𑀥 (laddha)
    • Old Punjabi: ਲਧਾ (laddā), ਲਾਧਾ (lādhā)
      • Punjabi: laddhā
        Gurmukhi script: ਲੱਧਾ
        Shahmukhi script: لدّھا
    • Sinhalese: ලද (lada)

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