𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 (maṃjara)
- 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) – Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Sauraseni
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (mārjārá). Compare Pali majjāra.
Noun
𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) m (Devanagari मंजार, Kannada ಮಂಜಾರ) (Maharastri)
- cat
- c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 2, 132:
- 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭-𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁅 𑁈𑁧𑁩𑁨𑁈
𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀰𑀩𑁆𑀤𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀤𑁂𑀰𑁅 𑀯𑀸 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀂𑁇 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁄 𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁄𑁇 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄𑁇- mārjārasya maṃjara-vaṃjarau .132.
mārjāraśabdasya maṃjara vaṃjara ityādeśau vā bhavataḥ. maṃjaro vaṃjaro. pakṣe majjāro.
- mārjārasya maṃjara-vaṃjarau .132.
- 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭-𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁅 𑁈𑁧𑁩𑁨𑁈
Declension
Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (masculine) | ||
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singular | plural | |
Nominative | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄 (maṃjāro) | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) |
Accusative | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 (maṃjāraṃ) | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (maṃjāre) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) |
Instrumental | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (maṃjāreṇa) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maṃjāreṇaṃ) | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (maṃjārehi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (maṃjārehiṃ) |
Dative | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (maṃjārāa) | — |
Ablative | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (maṃjārāo) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (maṃjārāu) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (maṃjārāhi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (maṃjārāhiṃto) | — |
Genitive | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṃjārassa) | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (maṃjārāṇa) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (maṃjārāṇaṃ) |
Locative | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (maṃjārammi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (maṃjāre) | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (maṃjāresu) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (maṃjāresuṃ) |
Vocative | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) | 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) |
Derived terms
- *𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀇𑀆 (*maṃjāra-iā) (< Sanskrit मार्जारिका (mārjārikā))
- Marathi: मांज़री (māñj̈rī)
- Oriya: ମଞ୍ଜାରୀ (môñjari)
- *𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀭𑀽𑀅 (*maṃjāra-rūa)
- Marathi: मांज़रू (māñj̈rū)
Descendants
- Konkani: māj̈ar
- Devanagari: माज़र
- Kannada: ಮಾಜ಼ರ್
- Latin: mazor
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari: मांजिर (māṃjira)
- Modi: 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘲𑘨 (māṃjīra)
- Marathi: मांज़र (māñj̈ar)
- Varhadi: माजर (mājar)
- ⇒ Sinhalese: මැදිරියා (mædiriyā)
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mārjārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 580
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 75.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 209.
- Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar; Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929), “मंजार”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages] (in English), Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, OCLC 38656115, page 683