Cognate Set 753 – Meaning: big

IE-CoR reference form:
vaḍḍa-
IE-CoR reference language:
Middle Indic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
No certain etymology, cf. Turner 1962–1966:654 no. 11225, KEWA III:130 for further discussion.
Found in clades:
Indic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 7 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
25   Bengali baṛa বড় bɔɽo
29   Hindi baṛā बड़ा bəɽɑ bəɽɑ
34   Kashmiri boṛ بُڑ boɽ boɽ
30   Urdu baṛā بڑا bəɽɑ
27   Magahi baḍ बड bəɽɑ, bəɽ
28   Bhojpuri baṛahan (baṛa) बड़हन (बड़) bəɽəhən (bəɽə)
32   Punjabi vaḍḍā ਵੱਡਾ
References
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: III:130
    S.v. Skt. vaḍraḥ 'groß', 'big' (prākr. vaḍḍa-, Hindī baṛ 'groß' etc. Not entirely clear; an origin from Middle Indic vaḍḍa- (~ Old Indic lex. vaḍra-) from vr̥ddhá- 'erwachsen, groß, hoch' with loss of aspiration remains possible. Alternatively a Munda origin has been postulated. [Cf. entry for references to further literature.]
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley: 654
    S.v. 11225 vaḍra 'big' lex. [Scarcely with F. Edgerton JAOS 60, 229 < vr̥ddhá- ]