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Reconstruction:Sanskrit/सवेल

Sanskrit

Etymology

स- (sa-, “with”) +‎ वेला (velā, “time”). Semantically, compare सकाल (sakāla, “early in the morning”) and *सवार (savāra, “in good time”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /sɐ.ʋɐj.lɐ/

(Classical) IPA^(key): /s̪ɐˈʋeː.l̪ɐ/

Adjective

*सवेल • (savela) stem

in time, early

Descendants

Prakrit: *𑀲𑀯𑁂𑀮 (*savela), Prakrit: *𑀲𑀯𑁂𑀭 (*savera)
- Bhojpuri: सबेर (sabēr)
- Nepali: सबेर (sabera, “early in the morning”)
- Gujarati: સવેળા (saveḷā)
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਸਵੇਰਾ (saverā)
  
  Shahmukhi script: سویرا (saverā)
- Hindustani:
  Hindi: सवेरा (saverā)
  
  Urdu: سویرا (saverā)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*savēla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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