Indo-Aryan śalmalí [12351]

12351 śalmalí m. 'the silk cotton tree Bombax heptaphyllum' RV., śālmali- m.f., °lī- f. Mn. 2. śimbalá- m. 'flower or fruit of some plant (B. heptaphyllum ac. to Sāy.)' RV. 3. *śaimbala-. [śimbalá- (orig. 'having pods' from śimba- ?) replaced śalmalí- which (of nonAryan origin?), besides śālmali-, had several other forms in NIA.: *śambali-, *śāmali- in Pk., *śambhali- in P., *śalmari- in G., *śaṁvari- in M.]

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[1]

Indo-Aryan

śalmalí

the silk cotton tree Bombax heptaphyllum

m; RV

T1962—1966

śimbalá

m

T1962—1966

*śaimbala

[śimbalá- (orig. 'having pods' from śimba- ?) replaced śalmalí- which (of nonAryan origin?), besides śālmali-, had several other forms in NIA.: śambali-, śāmali- in Pk., śambhali- in P., śalmari- in G., *śaṁvari- in M.]

T1962—1966

[2] 1

Prakrit

saṁbali

Bombax heptaphyllum

f

T1962—1966

sāmali

m

T1962—1966

sāliya

T1962—1966

Punjabi

sambʰal

m

T1962—1966

Gujarati

sāmar

m

T1962—1966

Marathi

sā̃var

T1962—1966

sā̃vrī

f

T1962—1966

[3] 2

Pali

simbali

f

T1962—1966

Prakrit

siṁbali

T1962—1966

siṁbʰali

f

T1962—1966

Punjabi

simbal

T1962—1966

simmal

m

T1962—1966

Jaunsari

śimōī

T1962—1966

Kumaoni

simal

T1962—1966

Nepali

simal

T1962—1966

Assamese

ximalu

T1962—1966

Bengali

simul

T1962—1966

Odia

simuḷi

T1962—1966

simiḷi

T1962—1966

Maithili

sīmar

m

T1962—1966

Hindi-Urdu

sīmar

m

T1962—1966

Gujarati

sīmḷɔ

T1962—1966

Sinhala

siᵐbili

T1962—1966

hiᵐbul

T1962—1966

iᵐbul

T1962—1966

[4] 3

Bhojpuri

sēmar

T1962—1966

Hindi-Urdu

sẽbal

T1962—1966

semal

m

T1962—1966

[5]

Marathi

śẽvrī

f

T1962—1966

[6] Addenda śalmalí- [Dial. a ~ ā < IE. o (cf

Old Persian

θarmi

timber

Burrow BSOAS xxxviii 71

T1962—1966

[7] Rejecting Sāyaṇa's connexion with śimbalá- (a tree) RV., Kauś., he derives

Middle Indo-Aryan

simbali

(WPah. < *śimmali-) from ablauting

T1962—1966

*śilmali

T1962—1966

śimi

pod

śimba; (i.e. OIA. śim{b}lá-, or OMIA. sā̆mmali- X śimba-) is more probable than

T1962—1966

[8]

Prakrit

saṁbali

the tree

f

T1962—1966

Punjabi

sambʰal

T1962—1966

[9]

Prakrit

sāmali

m

T1962—1966

sāliya

adj

T1962—1966

Gujarati

sāmar

m

T1962—1966

Marathi

sā̃var

T1962—1966

sā̃vrī

f

T1962—1966

[10] 3. śimbalá- ('the tree' RV.?)

Pali

simbali

f

T1962—1966

Prakrit

siṁbali

T1962—1966

siṁbʰali

f

T1962—1966

Punjabi

simbal

etc

T1962—1966

[11]

Bhojpuri

sēmar

T1962—1966

Hindi-Urdu

sẽbal

T1962—1966

semal

m

T1962—1966

[12]

Middle Indo-Aryan

*sēmali

(< *śailmala- or X śālmali- ?)

T1962—1966

Marathi

śẽvrī

f

T1962—1966

Unclassified

Old Punjabi

simmalu

(m) the silk cotton tree Bombax heptaphyllum

S1995


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