𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝

Prakrit

Etymology

Uncertain. Sanskrit क्षोट् (kṣoṭ, “to throw”) and क्षोटयति (kṣoṭayati, “throws”) are likely Sanskritizations.

Tedesco derives the root from a de-compounding of Middle Indic [script needed] (*uc-chuṭṭa-), from उत्सृष्ट (utsṛṣṭa, “let loose”), from उत्- (ut-, “upon”) +‎ सृष्ट (sṛṣṭa, “let go, discharged, thrown”). He considers Hindi छोड़ना (choṛnā, “to release; to leave”) to be descended from the Prakrit root in the "release" sense, but leaves the origin of the "leave" sense open, explaining the pigeonholing of both meanings onto छोड़ (choṛ) as a case of secondary semantic leveling.

Adjective

𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (chuṭṭa) (Devanagari छुट्ट)

  1. released
  • 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (chuṭṭaï, “is released”), 𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀤𑀺 (chuṭṭadi)
  • 𑀔𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝 (khuṭṭa, “broken”)
  • 𑀔𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀇 (khuṭṭaï, “becomes less, is broken”)
  • 𑀙𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀇 (choḍei), 𑀙𑁄𑀟𑁂𑀤𑀺 (choḍedi)

Descendants
  • → Sanskrit: क्षोट् (kṣoṭ, “to throw”)
  • Punjabi: ਛੁੱਟ (chuṭṭa), ਛੁੱਟੜ (chuṭṭaṛ)
    • Punjabi: ਛੁੱਟੀ (chuṭṭī, “holiday, leave”) / چھٹی (chuṭṭī)
  • Nepali: छुट्टो (chuṭṭo), छुट (chuṭ)
  • Hindi: छुट्टा (chuṭṭā)
  • Gujarati: છૂટું (chūṭũ)
  • Bengali: ছুটি (chuṭi, “leave, dismissal”)
  • Assamese: ছুটি (suti, “leave”)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘭𑘳𑘘𑘲 (suṭī)

References
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ksutyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Monier Williams (1899) “𑀙𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀝”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 333/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 133
  • P. M. Tedesco (1953) “Sanskrit Ā-mreḍ- ‘To Repeat’”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 73, number 2, American Oriental Society, page 81b
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