𑀲𑁄
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- so (Latin script)
- सो (Devanagari script)
- সো (Bengali script)
- සො (Sinhalese script)
- သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
- โส (Thai script)
- ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂສ (Lao script)
- សោ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)
Adjective
𑀲𑁄
- (demonstrative) Brahmi script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of 𑀢 (ta, “that”)
Pronoun
𑀲𑁄 (m)
- (demonstrative) Brahmi script form of so, which is nominative singular of 𑀢 (ta, “he, it”)
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲 (sa) – Jain Maharastri, Ardhamagadhi, Sauraseni (rare)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit स (sa). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑁂 (śe).
Pronoun
𑀲𑁄 (so) m (Devanagari सो, Kannada ಸೋ, feminine 𑀲𑀸, neuter 𑀢𑀁) (Maharastri, Jain Maharastri, Ardhamagadhi, Sauraseni, Paisaci)
- he, it
Further reading
- E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa, London: Trübner & Co., page 152
- Pischel, Richard; Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 302.
- Otto von Böhtlingk (1877), “सो”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., OCLC 1124007214, page 340 of 372
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 40.