< Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit

Reconstruction:Ashokan Prakrit/𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆

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

Perhaps from Sanskrit *बूर्यते (būryate), a metathesised form of ब्रूयते (brūyate), from the root ब्रू (brū, “to speak, say”).[1]

Root

*𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll)[2]

  1. to speak, utter

Derived terms

References
  1. Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language‎, volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 876
  2. Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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