๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit เค…เฅ’เคฐเฅเฅ’เคฃ (aruแน‡รก, โ€œredโ€), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harunรกs.

    Noun

    ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ (alunam[1]

    1. the red-crested pochard, Netta rufina[2]
      • c. 304 BCE โ€“ 232 BCE, Aล›oka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.3:
        ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ๐‘€“๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฎ๐‘€บ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ๐‘‚ ๐‘€˜๐‘€“๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ธ๐‘€“๐‘‚ ๐‘€ณ๐‘€๐‘€ฒ๐‘‚ ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€๐‘€ค๐‘€ป๐‘€ซ๐‘€ผ๐‘€”๐‘‚ ๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ธ๐‘€๐‘‚
        suke sฤlikฤ alune cakavฤke haแนƒse naแนƒdฤซmukhe gelฤแนญe
        • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch[3]
          parrots, mainas, the aruแน‡a, ruddy geese, wild geese, the nandฤซmukha, the gelฤแนญa

    Declension

    Declension of ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ (aluna)
    singular plural
    nominative ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ๐‘‚
    alune
    โ€”
    accusative โ€” โ€”
    instrumental โ€” โ€”
    dative โ€” โ€”
    ablative โ€” โ€”
    genitive โ€” โ€”
    locative โ€” โ€”

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Delhi-Topra.

    Dialectal forms of ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ (โ€œred-crested pochardโ€)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Delhi-Topra ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ (aluna) ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ๐‘‚ nom.sg (alune)
    Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ (โ€œred-crested pochardโ€)
    ๐‘€…๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ฆ (aluna) (1)

    Descendants

    • Prakrit: ๐‘€…๐‘€ญ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ก (aruแน‡a)
      • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
        • Bihari:
          • Bhojpuri: เค…เคฐเฅเคจ (arun)

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985), โ€œaruแน‡รกโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 28
    2. ^ Johnston, E. H. (1936), โ€œBird-Names in the Indian Dialectsโ€, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of Londonโ€Ž[1], volume 8, number 2/3, pages 599-601
    3. ^ Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925), Inscriptions of Aล›oka (new edition)โ€Ž[2], in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.