𑀤𑀠

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit दृढ (dṛḍhá), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dr̥ẓḍʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰr̥ždʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰr̥ǵʰtós (“strong, firm, hard”), from *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm, strong, tough, hard”).

Adjective

𑀤𑀠 (daḍha) (Girnar)

1. firm, hard

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar.

Dialectal forms of 𑀤𑀺𑀠 (“firm”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨝 (driḍha)
	Mansehra	𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨝 (driḍha)
West	Girnar	𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
South	Yerragudi	𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀤𑀺𑀠 (“firm”)
𑀤𑀺𑀠 (diḍha) (2) 𐨡𐨿𐨪𐨁𐨝 (driḍha) (2) 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha) (1)

Descendants

• Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀤𑀠 (daḍha)

References

• Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 52.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dr̥ḍhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press