𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂
Pali
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Noun
𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂
Pronoun
𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂
Prakrit
Etymology
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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe), from Sanskrit अ॒स्म (asmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmá, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.
This nominative and accusative forms are not inherited from Vedic Sanskrit अ॒स्मे (asmé, locative of वयम् (vayám, “we”)), but rather innovated based on the analogy of the masculine of the thematic pronominals. First attested in writing in Middle Indo-Aryan as the more derived Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe), it is shared with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe) and Pali amhe.
Pronoun
𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂 (asme) (Devanagari अस्मे) (attested in Māgadhī)
- alternative form of 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe)
Further reading
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages[1], Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass