Apabhramsa
Etymology
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe) Apabhramsa अम्हे
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe), from Sanskrit अ॒स्म (asmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmá, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
Pronoun
अम्हे (amhe)
- we
Descendants
Descendants
- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Old Hindi: हम (hama), हंम (haṃma)
- Braj: हम (ham)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: हम (ham)
- Urdu: ہم (ham)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bengali-Assamese:
- Kamarupi Prakrit: 𑖁𑖦𑖿𑖮𑖸 (āmhe, “I, we”)
- Early Assamese: আমি (ami, “I, we”), আহ্মি (amhi)
- Kamta: আমি (ami)
- Rajbanshi: হামি (hami)
- Old Bengali: আহ্মি (āmhi)
- Bengali: আমি (ami)
- Rohingya: aññi
- Sylheti: ꠀꠝꠤ (ami)
- Bihari:
- Odia: ଆମେ (āme), ଆମ୍ଭେ (āmbhe)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Nepali: हामी (hāmī)
- Garhwali: हम (ham)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Konkani: आमि / ಆಮಿ / ami (āmi)
- Old Marathi: 𑘁𑘦𑘲𑘽 / आमीं (āmīṃ), 𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘲 / आम्ही (āmhī)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
Pali
Alternative scripts
- amhe (Latin script)
- 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (Brahmi script)
- অম্হে (Bengali script)
- අම්හෙ (Sinhalese script)
- အမှေ or ဢမှေ (Burmese script)
- อมฺเห or อัมเห (Thai script)
- ᩋᨾ᩠ᩉᩮ (Tai Tham script)
- ອມ຺ເຫ or ອັມເຫ (Lao script)
- អម្ហេ (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄟𑄴𑄦𑄬 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
अम्हे
- Devanagari script form of amhe (“we, us”), which is nominative/accusative plural of अहं (ahaṃ)