𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀉𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ukkhu)

Noun

𑀇𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀼 (ikkhu) m (Devanagari इक्खु)

Sauraseni Prakrit form of 𑀉𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀼 (ucchu, “sugar cane”)

Descendants

Hindustani:
Hindi: ईख (īkh), ऊख (ūkh)

Urdu: ایکھ (īkh), اوکھ (ūkh)
Nepali: उखु (ukhu)

References

Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 99.
Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 19.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ikṣú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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