𑀆𑀲
See also: 𑀆𑀲𑀼
Prakrit
Alternative forms
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀯 (asva), from Sanskrit अश्व॑ (áśva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Háśwas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćwas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos, from *HéHḱus. Cognate to Pali assa.
Noun
𑀆𑀲 (āsa) m (Devanagari आस, Kannada ಆಸ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀆𑀲 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀆𑀲𑁄 (āso) | 𑀆𑀲𑀸 (āsā) |
| Accusative | 𑀆𑀲𑀁 (āsaṃ) | 𑀆𑀲𑁂 (āse) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸 (āsā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀆𑀲𑁂𑀡 (āseṇa) or 𑀆𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (āseṇaṃ) | 𑀆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (āsehi) or 𑀆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (āsehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀅 (āsāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀑 (āsāo) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀉 (āsāu) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸 (āsā) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (āsāhi) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (āsāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (āsassa) | 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀡 (āsāṇa) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (āsāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (āsammi) or 𑀆𑀲𑁂 (āse) | 𑀆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (āsesu) or 𑀆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (āsesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀆𑀲 (āsa) or 𑀆𑀲𑀸 (āsā) | 𑀆𑀲𑀸 (āsā) |
Descendants
- Western Indo-Aryan:
- Marwari: अस (as)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “áśva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957), Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 222
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 25.