𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *गुर्जरत्रा (gurjaratrā, “country of the Gurjaras”), from गुर्जर (gurjara, “Gurjaras”), said to be a Hunnic subtribe.[1] More at Gurjara.

Proper noun

𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā) f (Devanagari गुज्जरत्ता, Kannada ಗುಜ್ಜರತ್ತಾ) (Jain Maharastri)

Gujarat (a state in western India; capital: Gandhinagar; largest city: Ahmedabad)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀑 (gujjarattāo) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀉 (gujjarattāu) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā)
Accusative	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀁 (gujjarattaṃ)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀑 (gujjarattāo) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀉 (gujjarattāu) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā)
Instrumental	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀏 (gujjarattāe) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀇 (gujjarattāi) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀅 (gujjarattāa)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺 (gujjarattāhi) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁 (gujjarattāhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀑 (gujjarattāo) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀉 (gujjarattāu)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (gujjarattāhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀏 (gujjarattāe) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀇 (gujjarattāi) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀅 (gujjarattāa)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀡 (gujjarattāṇa) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀡𑀁 (gujjarattāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀏 (gujjarattāe) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀇 (gujjarattāi) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀅 (gujjarattāa)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀲𑀼 (gujjarattāsu) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (gujjarattāsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁂 (gujjaratte) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā)	𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀑 (gujjarattāo) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸𑀉 (gujjarattāu) or 𑀕𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀭𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (gujjarattā)

Descendants

Old Marathi: gujarāta
Devanagari script: गुजरात

Modi script: 𑘐𑘳𑘕𑘨𑘰𑘝
- Marathi: गुजरात (gujrāt)
Gurjar Apabhramsa:
- Gujarati: ગુજરાત (gujrāt)
Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
- Hindustani: gujrāt
  Hindi: गुजरात
  
  Urdu: گُجْرَات (gujrāt)

References

"Gujarat". Encyclopædia Britannica. "Gujarat draws its name from the Gurjara (supposedly a subtribe of the Huns), who ruled the area during the 8th and 9th centuries CE."

Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “गुज्जरत्ता”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 135.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gujjarattā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226
JF Fleet (1906) “The Name Gujarāt”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain And Ireland‎, Hertford: Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain And Ireland, page 459

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[1] "Gujarat". Encyclopædia Britannica. "Gujarat draws its name from the Gurjara (supposedly a subtribe of the Huns), who ruled the area during the 8th and 9th centuries CE."