𑀓𑀝

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit कृत (kṛtá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥tós, from *kʷer- +‎ *-tós.

Adjective

𑀓𑀝 (kaṭa)

1. done, made

Alternative forms

Attested at Delhi-Topra, Jaugada, Kalsi and Yerragudi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀓𑀝 (“done”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀓𑀝 (kaṭa)
	Delhi-Topra	𑀓𑀝 (kaṭa)
East	Jaugada	𑀓𑀝 (kaṭa)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨐𐨁𐨚 (kiṭa), 𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨚 (kriṭa), 𐨐𐨁𐨚𐨿𐨪 (kiṭra)
	Mansehra	𐨐𐨚 (kaṭa), 𐨐𐨁𐨚 (kiṭa)
West	Girnar	𑀓𑀢 (kata)
South	Yerragudi	𑀓𑀝 (kaṭa)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀓𑀝 (“done”)
𑀓𑀝 (kaṭa) (4) 𐨐𐨁𐨚 (kiṭa) (2) 𑀓𑀢 (kata) (1) 𐨐𐨚 (kaṭa) (1) 𐨐𐨁𐨚𐨿𐨪 (kiṭra) (1) 𐨐𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨚 (kriṭa) (1)

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀟 (kaḍa)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀟 (kaḍa), 𑀓𑀴 (kaḷa)
• Helu Prakrit:
  • Sinhalese: කළා (kaḷā)

References

• Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 49.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press