𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लहरी (laharī, “billow”)

Noun

𑀮𑀳𑀭𑀻 (laharī) f

1. wave

Descendants

• Central:
  • Shauraseni Prakrit:
    • Gujarati: લહર (lahar), લર (lar, “wave, caprice”)
    • Hindustani: lahar, lahrā

      Hindi: लहर (lahar), लहरा (lahrā)

      Urdu: لَحَر (lahar), لَحرَا

• Eastern:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: লহৰি (lohori, “wave”)
    • Bengali: লহর (lohor)
    • Odia: ନହରା (nôhôra, “whirlpool”), ଲହଡ଼ି (lôhôṛi), ଲହଡ଼ା (lôhôṛa, “wave”)
• Northern:
  • Kumaoni: लहर (lahar, “excitement”)
• Southern:
  • Elu Prakrit:
    • Dhivehi: ރާޅު (rāḷu)
    • Sinhalese: රළ (raḷa), රැල්ල (rælla), රැලි (ræli, “wave, fold, wrinkle”)
  • Maharashtri Prakrit:
    • Marathi: लहर (lahar)
• Western:
  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Punjabi: ਲਹਿਰ (lahir, “wave, whim”)
    • Sindhi: لَهَرِ (lahari, “wave, fancy”), لَهَرو (laharo, “quaver, trill, whim”)

References

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