𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬𑀸

Prakrit

𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀆 (vijjullaā), 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjulliā), 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀻 (vijjullī), 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀸 (vijjullā)

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wí

Sanskrit वि- (vi-)

Proto-Indo-European *dyew-der.

Sanskrit द्युत् (dyut)

Sanskrit विद्युत् (vidyut)

Proto-Indo-European *lentéh₂?

Sanskrit लता (latā)

Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬𑀸 (vijjullayā)

Inherited from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “lightning”). Related to 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼 (vijju, “flashing, lightning”). Cognate with Pali 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀢𑀸 (vijjullatā).

𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀬𑀸 (vijjullayā) f (Devanagari विज्जुल्लया)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Old Hindi: बिज्जली (bijjalī), बिजली (bijalī), बिजुरिन (bijurina)
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: बिजली (bijlī)
    - Urdu: بجلی (bijlī)
- → Marathi: बिजली (bijlī)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Assamese: বিজুলী (bizuli)
- Bengali: বিজলী (bijoli)
- Odia: ବିଜୁଳି (bijuḷi)
Insular Indo-Aryan:
- Dhivehi: ވިދުވަރު (viduvaru)
- Sinhalese: විදුලි (widuli)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: बिजुली (bijulī)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī)
  
  Shahmukhi script: بجلی (bijlī)
- Nepali: बिजुली (bijulī)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: વીજળી (vījaḷī)

Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928), “विज्जुल्लया”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vidyullatā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 683