𑀫𑀙
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit मत्स्य (mátsya), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mátsyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mátsyas. Cognate with Pali maccha.
Noun
𑀫𑀙 (macha) m (Delhi-Topra)
- fish
- c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Rock Edict 13 lines 11-13
- 𑀢𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀙𑀸𑀢𑀼𑀁𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀻𑀲𑀼 𑀢𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀬𑀁 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀦𑀫𑀸𑀲𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀺 𑀘𑀸𑀯𑀼𑀤𑀲𑀁 𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀤𑀲𑀁 𑀧𑀝𑀺𑀧𑀸𑀤𑀬𑁂 𑀥𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀬𑁂 𑀘𑀸 𑀅𑀦𑀼𑀧𑁄𑀲𑀣𑀁 𑀫𑀙𑁂 𑀅𑀯𑀥𑀺𑀬𑁂 𑀦𑁄 𑀧𑀺 𑀯𑀺𑀓𑁂𑀢𑀯𑀺𑀬𑁂
- tīsu chātuṃmāsīsu tisāyaṃ puṃnamāsiyaṃ tiṃni divasāni cāvudasaṃ paṃnadasaṃ paṭipādaye dhuvāye cā anuposathaṃ mache avadhiye no pi viketaviye
- Fish are inviolable, and must not be sold, on the three Chāturmāsīs [and] on the Tishyā full-moon during three days, [viz.] the fourteenth, the fifteenth, [and] the first [tithī], and invariably on every fast-day.
Derived terms
- *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀇𑀓 f (*maccha-ika)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (macchī)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: मच्छी (macchī)
- Urdu: مچھی (macchī)
- Kachchi: મછી (machī)
- Punjabi: ਮੱਛੀ (macḥī) / مَچھّی (machhyy)
- Sindhi: مڇِي / मच्छी
- Hindustani:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀻 (macchī)
- *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀓 (*maccha-ka)
- Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀅 (*maccha-a)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘰 (māsā)
- Marathi: मासा (māsā)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘰 (māsā)
- Maharastri Prakrit: *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀅 (*maccha-a)
- *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀮𑀻 f (*maccha-lī)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
- Awadhi: मछरी (machrī)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀘𑀮𑀻 (maścalī)
- Bhojpuri: मछरी (machrī)
- Maharastri Prakrit: [Term?]
- Konkani: मासोळी (māsoḷī)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: [Term?]
- Gujarati: માછલી (māchlī)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: मछली (machlī)
- Urdu: مچھلی (machlī)
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: [Term?]
Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀫𑀰𑁆𑀘 (maśca)
- Assamese: মাছ (mas)
- Bengali: মাছ (mach)
- Chakma: 𑄟𑄌𑄴 (māc)
- Oriya: ମାଛ (machô)
- Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠍ (mas)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha)
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘔 (macha), 𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘔 (maccha)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: मच्छ (macch)
- Urdu: مچھ (macch)
- Nepali: माछा (māchā)
- Romani: maćho
- Traveller Norwegian: makjo
- Hindustani:
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “mátsya (9758)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press