Where does “आध” come from?
आध (Hindi) comes from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀥, from Sanskrit अन्ध, from Proto-Indo-Iranian andʰás, from Proto-Indo-European h₂endʰ-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
आध (Hindi): half
Definitions
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Ancestry of “आध”, step by step
आध traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀥
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀁𑀥 | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अन्ध | blind; dark; n night, darkness |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | andʰás | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂endʰ-ó-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥 | — |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अर्ध | half, halved, forming a half; the half; one part... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hárdʰas | division, half |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁érdʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁er- | earth |