𐨀𐨀𐨎

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit अहम् (ahám), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵHóm.

Pronoun

𐨀𐨀𐨎 (aaṃ) (Mansehra)

1. I

Alternative forms

Attested at Mansehra.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (“I”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
	Delhi-Topra	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
	Rupnath	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 (sumi), 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (sumi hakaṃ)	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 nom.sg (sumi), 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg; ins.sg (sumi hakaṃ)
	Bairat	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	?𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg (hakaṃ), 𑀫𑀫𑀬𑀸 ins.sg (mamayā)
	Sahasram	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 (sumi)	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 nom.sg (sumi)
	Gujarra	𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ), 𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺 (smi)	𑀅𑀳𑀁 nom.sg (ahaṃ), ?𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺 nom.sg (smi), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Calcutta-Bairat	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
	Panguraria	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 (sumi)	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 nom.sg; ins.sg (sumi)
	Bahapur	𑀳𑀓𑁂 (hake)	𑀳𑀓𑁂 nom.sg (hake), 𑀳𑀫𑀬𑁂 ins.sg (hamaye)
East	Dhauli	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
	Jaugada	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨀𐨱𐨎 (ahaṃ)
	Mansehra	𐨀𐨀𐨎 (aaṃ)
West	Girnar	𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)
South	Yerragudi	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg (hakaṃ), 𑀫𑀬𑀸 ins.sg (mayā), 𑀫𑁂 gen.sg (me), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Siddapura	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	?𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg (hakaṃ), ?𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Brahmagiri	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg (hakaṃ), 𑀫𑀬𑀸 ins.sg (mayā), 𑀫𑁃 gen.sg (mai), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Maski	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 (sumi)	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 nom.sg; ins.sg (sumi)
	Jatinga-Rameshwara	𑀬𑁄 (yo), 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg (hakaṃ), ?𑀬𑁄 ins.sg (yo)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀫𑁂 gen.sg (me), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Udegolam	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀳𑀓𑀁 nom.sg (hakaṃ), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Nittur	𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀫𑀬𑀸 ins.sg (mayā), ?𑀫𑁂 gen.sg (me), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)
	Gavimath	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 (sumi), 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)	𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 nom.sg (sumi), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me), 𑀫𑁂 ins.sg (me)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (“I”)
𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ) (27) 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 (sumi) (5) 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ) (3) 𑀳𑀓𑁂 (hake) (2) 𑀬𑁄 (yo) (1) 𐨀𐨱𐨎 (ahaṃ) (1) 𑀲𑀼𑀫𑀺 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (sumi hakaṃ) (1) 𐨀𐨀𐨎 (aaṃ) (1) 𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺 (smi) (1)