๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Sanskrit เค เฅเคฐเฅเฅเคฃ (aruแนรก, โredโ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Harunรกs.
Noun
๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ (aluna) m[1]
- the red-crested pochard, Netta rufina[2]
- c. 304 BCE โ 232 BCE, Aลoka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.3:
- ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ธ ๐
๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ป๐ซ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐
- suke sฤlikฤ alune cakavฤke haแนse naแนdฤซmukhe gelฤแนญe
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch[3]
- parrots, mainas, the aruแนa, ruddy geese, wild geese, the nandฤซmukha, the gelฤแนญa
- ๐ฒ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ธ ๐
๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ป๐ซ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐
Declension
| Declension of ๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ (aluna) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ๐
๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ 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 ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ (โred-crested pochardโ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | ๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ (aluna) | ๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ nom.sg (alune) |
| Map of dialectal forms of ๐ ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ (โred-crested pochardโ) | ||
|---|---|---|
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๐
๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฆ (aluna) (1) | ||
Descendants
- Prakrit: ๐
๐ญ๐ผ๐ก (aruแนa)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Bihari:
- Bhojpuri: เค เคฐเฅเคจ (arun)
- Bihari:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985), โaruแนรกโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 28
- ^ Johnston, E. H. (1936), โBird-Names in the Indian Dialectsโ, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of Londonโ[1], volume 8, number 2/3, pages 599-601
- ^ Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925), Inscriptions of Aลoka (new edition)โ[2], in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press.