𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- purisa (Latin script)
- पुरिस (Devanagari script)
- পুরিস (Bengali script)
- පුරිස (Sinhalese script)
- ပုရိသ (Burmese script)
- ปุริส or ปุริสะ (Thai script)
- ᨷᩩᩁᩥᩈ or ᨸᩩᩁᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
- ປຸຣິສ or ປຸຣິສະ or ປຸລິສະ (Lao script)
- បុរិស (Khmer script)
- 𑄛𑄪𑄢𑄨𑄥 (Chakma script)
Noun
𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 m
- Brahmi script form of purisa (“man”)
Declension
Declension table of "𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 (puriso) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) |
| Accusative (second) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀁 (purisaṃ) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise) |
| Instrumental (third) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀦 (purisena) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (purisehi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀪𑀺 (purisebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (purisassa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀬 (purisāya) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (purisatthaṃ) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 (purisānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (purisasmā) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (purisamhā) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (purisehi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀪𑀺 (purisebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (purisassa) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 (purisānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (purisasmiṃ) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (purisamhi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (purisesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) |
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀲 (purusa) – Sauraseni, 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀰 (puliśa) – Magadhi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀲 (pulisa), from Sanskrit पुरुष (púriṣa). Cognate with Niya Prakrit 𐨤𐨂𐨪𐨂𐨮 (puruṣa), Gandhari 𐨤𐨂𐨪𐨂𐨮 (puruṣa), Pali purisa.
Noun
𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa) m (Devanagari पुरिस, Kannada ಪುರಿಸ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri, Sauraseni)
- man, human
- Synonyms: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara), 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 (puriso) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) |
| Accusative | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀁 (purisaṃ) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀡 (puriseṇa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (puriseṇaṃ) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (purisehi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (purisehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀅 (purisāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀑 (purisāo) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀉 (purisāu) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (purisāhi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (purisāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (purisassa) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀡 (purisāṇa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (purisāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (purisammi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (purisesu) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (purisesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) | 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) |
Descendants
- Sindhi:
- Arabic: پُرِهُ
- Devanagari: पुरिहु
- ⇒ *𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲-𑀓 (*purisa-ka)
- Hindi: पुरसा (pursā)
Further reading
- Otto von Böhtlingk (1877), “पुरिस”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., OCLC 1124007214, page 336 of 372
- Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar; Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929), “पुरिस”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages] (in English), Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, OCLC 38656115, page 341
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928), “पुरिस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 608.
- E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa, London: Trübner & Co., page 111
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 104.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 27.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “púruṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 470