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Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit ๐‘€…๐‘€• (aga /โ aggaโ /), from Sanskrit เค…เค—เฅเคฐ (รกgra). Cognate with Pali agga.

Noun

๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€• (agga) n (Devanagari เค…เค—เฅเค—, Kannada เฒ…เฒ—เณเฒ—) (Maharastri, Sauraseni)

  1. beginning, top, front

Declension

Maharastri declension of ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€• (neuter)
singular plural
Nominative ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ (aggaแนƒ) ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡๐‘€ (aggฤiแนƒ) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡ (aggฤi)
Accusative ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ (aggaแนƒ) ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡๐‘€ (aggฤiแนƒ) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡ (aggฤi)
Instrumental ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ก (aggeแน‡a) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ก๐‘€ (aggeแน‡aแนƒ) ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (aggehi) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ (aggehiแนƒ)
Dative ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€… (aggฤa) โ€”
Ablative ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‘ (aggฤo) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‰ (aggฤu) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ (aggฤ) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (aggฤhi) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘„ (aggฤhiแนƒto) โ€”
Genitive ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฒ (aggassa) ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก (aggฤแน‡a) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก๐‘€ (aggฤแน‡aแนƒ)
Locative ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ซ๐‘†๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ (aggammi) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚ (agge) ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ (aggesu) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ (aggesuแนƒ)
Vocative ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€• (agga) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ (aggฤ) ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡๐‘€ (aggฤiแนƒ) or ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡ (aggฤi)

Descendants

  • ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ฎ (aggala)
  • *๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•-๐‘€ฎ-๐‘€… (*agga-la-a)
    • Old Marathi:
      • Marathi: เค†เค—เคณเฅ‡ (ฤgแธทe)
  • ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€‘ (aggฤo), ๐‘€…๐‘€•๐‘†๐‘€•๐‘€ธ๐‘€ค๐‘„ (aggฤdo) (ablative singular)
    • Gujarati: เช…เช—เชพเช‰ (agฤu)
    • Hindi: เค…เค—เคพเคŠ (agฤลซ)
    • Old Marathi:
      Modi script: ๐‘˜€๐‘˜‘๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜ช (aghฤva), ๐‘˜๐‘˜‘๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜Œ (ฤghฤo), ๐‘˜๐‘˜‘๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜ช (ฤghฤva)
      Devanagari script: เค…เค˜เคพเคต (aghฤva), เค†เค˜เคพเค“ (ฤghฤo), เค†เค˜เคพเคต (ฤghฤva)
    • Punjabi:
      Gurmukhi script: เจ…เจ—เจพเจŠเจ‚ (agฤลซฬƒ)
      Shahmukhi script: ุงฺฏุงุคฺบ

References

  • Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 141
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 66.
  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 44.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œรกgraโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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