𑀔𑁂𑀮𑁆

Etymology
. was either a borrowing from a substrate, or an inherited term whose Middle Indo-Aryan descendants were influenced by substrata into like forms like this word,, , and. Given the predominance of the aspirated variants (with kh-), which normally are not morphed from unaspirated Old Indo-Aryan words, both the Prakrit and Sanskrit words are likely to be borrowings, further suggested by persistent fluidity of the phonemes ḍ ~ ḷ ~ l.

Other attested forms like, , , and are Sanskritizations of these roots. appears to derive from (Old Indo-Aryan kṣ- > Romani kh-, while Old Indo-Aryan kh- > Romani x-). Elsewhere, the lack of descendants with initial ch- also suggests that the Old Indo-Aryan was aspirated.

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