𑀚𑀇
See also: 𑀚𑀸𑀇
Prakrit
editEtymology
editInherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𐨩𐨡𐨁 (yadi). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀬𑀇 (yaï), 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (yadi), Pali yadi.
Conjunction
edit𑀚𑀇 (jaï) (Devanagari जइ, Kannada ಜಇ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)
- if
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 343:
- 𑀚𑀇 𑀲𑁄 𑀡 𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳𑁄-𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀅 𑀕𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀳𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀲𑀳𑀺 𑀓𑀻𑀲
𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀁 𑀢𑁂 𑀭𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀭-𑀨𑀁𑀲𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁-𑀯 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑀭𑀲𑀁- jaï so ṇa vallaho-ccia gŏttaggahaṇeṇa tassa sahi kīsa
hoi muhaṃ te raviara-phaṃsavisaṭṭaṃ-va tāmarasaṃ
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- If he is not dear to you, how comes it, my friend, that at the mere mention of his name
Your face opens like a lotus touched by the rays of the sun?
- If he is not dear to you, how comes it, my friend, that at the mere mention of his name
- jaï so ṇa vallaho-ccia gŏttaggahaṇeṇa tassa sahi kīsa
- 𑀚𑀇 𑀲𑁄 𑀡 𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳𑁄-𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀅 𑀕𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀳𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀲𑀳𑀺 𑀓𑀻𑀲
Descendants
edit- Old Bengali: জই
- Old Gujarati: जइ (jaï)
- Maithili:
- Old Marathi: jaiṃ
- Marathi: जई (jaī) (poetic)
- Old Punjabi: ਜਿ (ji), ਜੇ (je)
- Sindhi: je
Further reading
edit- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 113
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 10.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 602
Categories:
- Prakrit terms derived from Sanskrit
- Prakrit terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Prakrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Prakrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Prakrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Prakrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Prakrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Prakrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Prakrit terms inherited from Ashokan Prakrit
- Prakrit terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit
- Prakrit lemmas
- Prakrit conjunctions
- Prakrit conjunctions in Brahmi script
- Maharastri Prakrit
- Prakrit terms with quotations