𑀫𑀅
Prakrit
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀢 (mata), from Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá). Cognate with Pali mata.
Adjective
𑀫𑀅 (maa) (Devanagari मअ, Kannada ಮಅ) (Maharastri)
- dead
Verb
𑀫𑀅 (maa) (Devanagari मअ)
- past participle of 𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï)
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀬 (maya) – Jain Maharastri, 𑀫𑀼𑀤 (muda) – Sauraseni, 𑀫𑀴 (maḷa) – Magadhi
- 𑀫𑀼𑀅 (mua)
Derived terms
- 𑀫𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (maïlla)
- *𑀫𑀅-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀅 (*maa-illa-a)
- Old Marathi:
- Modi: 𑘦𑘹𑘩𑘹𑘽 (meleṃ)
- Devanagari: मेलें (meleṃ)
- Marathi: मेले (mele)
- Old Marathi:
- 𑀫𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀆 (maïlliā)
- 𑀫𑀼𑀅𑀮 (muala)
- 𑀫𑀽𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀅 (mūillaa)
Etymology 2
Inherited from Sanskrit मृग (mṛga).
Noun
𑀫𑀅 (maa) m (Devanagari मअ) (Sauraseni)
- deer
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)
References
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 161.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 51.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mr̥tá”, 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 56.