Proto-Indo-Aryan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *gžʰár, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰer-.
*gẓʰar-
- to flow, to stream
- to melt, wane, perish
Descendants[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- *gẓʰárati
- Sanskrit: क्षरति (kṣarati)
- → Pali: kharati
- → Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀔𑀭𑀇 (kharaï)
- Gujarati: ખરવું (kharvũ)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭𑀢𑀺 (*jharati)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀛𑀭𑀇 (jharaï)
- Marathi: झरणे (j̈harṇe)
- Konkani: झर्चे (j̈harce, “to wear off”)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindi: झड़ना (jhaṛnā, “to fall off (said of hair)”)
- Gujarati: ઝરવું (jharvũ, “to drip, trickle”)
- Magadhi Prakrit:
- *pragẓʰárati
- *udgẓʰárati
- *gẓʰaras (“flowing, melting”)
- Sanskrit: क्षर (kṣara)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭 (*jhara)
- → Sanskrit: झर (jhara)
- Maharastri Prakrit:
- *gẓʰaranam
- Sanskrit: क्षरण (kṣaraṇa)
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀛𑀭𑀡 (*jharaṇa, “waterfall”)
- Bengali: ঝরনা (jhorna)
- Hindi: झरना (jharnā)