๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit เคเคก (eแธa, โ€œgoatโ€) + Middle Indo-Aryan -๐‘€“๐‘€ธ- (-kฤ-).

    Noun

    ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธakฤf[1]

    1. ewe (female sheep)
      • Major Pillar Edict 5 Lauriya-Nandangarh.6:
        ๐‘€…๐‘€š๐‘€“๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€บ ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ฝ๐‘€“๐‘€ฎ๐‘€ป ๐‘€˜ ๐‘€•๐‘€ช๐‘€บ๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ป ๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€ง๐‘€ธ๐‘€ฌ๐‘€ซ๐‘€ป๐‘€ฆ๐‘€ธ ๐‘€ฏ ๐‘€…๐‘€ฏ๐‘€ฅ๐‘†๐‘€ฌ [โ€ฆ]
        ajakฤ nฤni eแธakฤ ca sลซkalฤซ ca gabhinฤซ va pฤyamฤซnฤ va avadhya [โ€ฆ]
        • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
          Those [she-goats], ewes, and sows (which are) either with young or in milk, are inviolable [โ€ฆ]

    Declension

    Declension of ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธakฤ)
    singular plural
    nominative ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ
    eแธakฤ
    โ€”
    accusative โ€” โ€”
    instrumental โ€” โ€”
    dative โ€” โ€”
    ablative โ€” โ€”
    genitive โ€” โ€”
    locative โ€” โ€”

    Alternative forms

    Attested at Lauriya-Araraj and Lauriya-Nandangarh.

    Dialectal forms of ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (โ€œeweโ€)
    Variety Location Lemmas Forms
    Central Delhi-Topra ๐‘€๐‘€ด๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธทakฤ) ๐‘€๐‘€ด๐‘€“๐‘€ธ nom.sg (eแธทakฤ)
    Rampurva ๐‘€๐‘€ด๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธทakฤ) ๐‘€๐‘€ด๐‘€“๐‘€ธ nom.sg (eแธทakฤ)
    Lauriya-Nandangarh ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธakฤ) ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ nom.sg (eแธakฤ)
    Lauriya-Araraj ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธakฤ) ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ nom.sg (eแธakฤ)
    Map of dialectal forms of ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (โ€œeweโ€)
    ๐‘€๐‘€Ÿ๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธakฤ) (2)
    ๐‘€๐‘€ด๐‘€“๐‘€ธ (eแธทakฤ) (2)

    Descendants

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985), โ€œฤ“แธaโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 121