𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) — Maharastri
Noun
𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) m (Devanagari मज्जार, Kannada ಮಜ್ಜಾರ, feminine 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀻) (Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Sauraseni)
- cat
- c. 700 CE, Haribhadra, Maṇipati-Carita 83:
- 𑀅𑀳 𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀁 𑀅𑀤𑀽𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀇 𑀚𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦-𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄
𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀁𑀢-𑀲𑀼𑀈-𑀓𑀼𑀲𑀸𑀮𑁄 𑀉𑀁𑀤𑀽𑀭-𑀫𑁆-𑀆𑀇𑀡 𑀔𑀬-𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀻- aha tesiṃ adūraṃmi bilaṃmi pavisei junna-majjāro
diṭṭhaṃta-suī-kusālo uṃdūra-m-āiṇa khaya-kārī
- 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams
- Not far away from them an aged cat was just going into his lair;
he was versed in parables and learned lore and had brought about the destruction of many mice and other creatures.
- Not far away from them an aged cat was just going into his lair;
- aha tesiṃ adūraṃmi bilaṃmi pavisei junna-majjāro
- 𑀅𑀳 𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀁 𑀅𑀤𑀽𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀇 𑀚𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦-𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄 (majjāro) | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) |
| Accusative | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 (majjāraṃ) | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (majjāre) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (majjāreṇa) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (majjāreṇaṃ) | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (majjārehi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (majjārehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (majjārāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (majjārāo) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (majjārāu) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (majjārāhi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (majjārāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (majjārassa) | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (majjārāṇa) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (majjārāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (majjārammi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (majjāre) | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (majjāresu) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (majjāresuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) | 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) |
Derived terms
- Prakrit: *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀇𑀆 ~ *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*majjāra-iā ~ *majjāra-igā) (< Sanskrit मार्जारिका (mārjārikā))
- Middle Gujarati: मंजारि, मंजारी
- Gujarati: મંજારી (mañjārī)
- Marwari:
- Devanagari script: मंजारी (mañjārī)
- Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅧𑅛𑅭𑅑 (mnjri)
- Saurashtra: ꢪꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢬꢶ (mañjiri)
- Middle Gujarati: मंजारि, मंजारी
- Prakrit: *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀅 ~ *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀕 (*majjāra-a ~ *majjāra-ga) (< Sanskrit मार्जारक (mārjāraka))
- Marwari:
- Devanagari script: मांजरौ (māñjrau)
- Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅧𑅛𑅭𑅒 (mnjru)
- Marwari:
Descendants
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majjāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 580
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 75.
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 209.
- Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “मज्जार”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 667.
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