English
Gāndhārī
Gāndhārī comes from Sanskrit गान्धारी.
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगान्धारीgāndhārī
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Gāndhārī
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEगान्धारीgāndhārī
- Englishearliest quotation 2010Gāndhārī
Earliest quotation: 2010, The Dhammapada, Penguin Classics: “The Gāndhārī Dharmapada. We have the remains of two…”
Every English word from Sanskrit गान्धारी
Today it means
name An Indo-Aryan language formerly spoken in what is now northern India and eastern Pakistan; a northwestern Prakrit in which Gandharan Buddhist texts were compiled.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sanskrit गान्धारी / Gāndhārī