Cognate Set 778 – Meaning: fruit

IE-CoR reference form:
phála-
IE-CoR reference language:
Vedic
Ideophonic:
no
Parallel derivation:
no
Justification:
No certain etymology outside of Indic (EWAia II:201-202), for Middle and Modern Indic cf. Turner 1962–1966:508, no. 9051).
Found in clades:
Indic
Revised by:
Matthew Scarborough
Found in 1 clade by 14 lexemes.
Language Lexeme Native script Phonetic Phonemic Notes
25   Bengali phal ফল pʰɔl
29   Hindi phala फल pʰəl pʰəl
33   Marathi phaḷa फळ pʰəɭ
31   Nepali phalaphūla फलफूल pʰʌpʰlul
23   Sinhalese palaturu පලතුරු
21   Vedic: Early phálam फलम् pʰɐlɐm pʰálam
26   Maithili phal फल phəl
30   Urdu phal پَھل pʰəl
22   Pali phala pʰɐlɐ pʰala
27   Magahi phal फल pʰəl
28   Bhojpuri phal फल pʰəl
37   Gawarbati fal فل fal̪ fal
32   Punjabi pʰal ਫਲ
24   Assamese phôl ফল pʰɔl Beng.
References
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred: II:201-202
    S.v. Ved. phála- 'Frucht, Baumfrucht'. The etymology of Proto-Indic *pʰal-/*pʰar- is unclear.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley: 508
    S.v. 9051 Ved. phála- (1) n. 'fruit' RV.