𑀫𑀸
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
PIE word |
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*meh₁ |
From Sanskrit मा (mā́). Cognate with Pali mā, Gandhari 𐨨 (ma).
Particle
𑀫𑀸 (mā)
- not, do not (prohibitive particle)
Alternative forms
Attested at Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada and Kalsi.
Dialectal forms of 𑀫𑀸 (“not, do not”) | ||
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Variety | Location | Forms edit |
Central | Kalsi | 𑀫 (ma), 𑀫𑀸 (mā) |
Delhi-Topra | 𑀫𑀸 (mā) | |
East | Dhauli | 𑀫𑀸 (mā) |
Jaugada | 𑀫𑀸 (mā) | |
Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨨 (ma) |
Mansehra | 𐨨 (ma) | |
West | Girnar | 𑀫𑀸 (mā) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀫𑀸 (“not, do not”) | ||
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𑀫𑀸 (mā) (5) 𐨨 (ma) (2) 𑀫 (ma) (1) |
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸 (mā)
- Old Bengali: মা (mā)
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Gurjar Apabhramsa:
- Old Gujarati: म (ma)
- Romani: ma
- Gurjar Apabhramsa:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਮਖਟੂ (makhaṭū /makhaṭṭū/, “not earning, idle”, adjective), ਮਚਾਂਗਵਾ (macāṁgavā /macāṁgavāṁ/, “not good, bad”, adjective)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- Sindhi:
- Arabic: م (م)
- Devanagari: म (म)
- Sindhi:
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀫𑀸𑀇𑀅 (māia), 𑀫𑀸𑀇 (māi), 𑀫𑀇𑀅 (maïa)
- ⇒ Prakrit: 𑀫𑀁𑀢 (maṃta)
- Takka Apabhramsa:
- Old Punjabi: ਮਤ (mata), ਮਤਿ (mati), ਮਤੁ (matu)
- Punjabi: mat
- Gurmukhi: ਮਤ
- Shahmukhi: مَت
- Punjabi: mat
- Old Punjabi: ਮਤ (mata), ਮਤਿ (mati), ਮਤੁ (matu)
- Vracada Apabhramsa:
- Sindhi:
- Arabic: مَتان, مَتَڻ, مَتُڻِ
- Devanagari: मतां, मतण, मतुणि
- Sindhi:
- Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Hindustani: mat
- Hindi: मत
- Urdu: مَت
- Hindustani: mat
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Takka Apabhramsa:
Further reading
- Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 250.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “māˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Old Tamil
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
𑀫𑀸 (mā)
- big
- dark
Etymology 2
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Noun
𑀫𑀸 (mā)
- horse
Descendants
- Tamil: மா (mā)