𐨗𐨣

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas

Sanskrit जन॑ (jána)

Ashokan Prakrit 𐨗𐨣 (jana)

Inherited from Sanskrit जन॑ (jána), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ánHas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os, from *ǵenh₁- + *-os.

Noun

𐨗𐨣 (jana) m

1. Kharoshthi script form of 𑀚𑀦 (“person”)

Declension

Declension of 𐨗𐨣 (jana)
	singular	plural
nominative	𐨗𐨣𐨅, 𐨗𐨣𐨆 jane, jano	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
dative	—	—
ablative	—	—
genitive	𐨗𐨣𐨯 janasa	—
locative	—	—

Alternative forms

Attested at Mansehra and Shahbazgarhi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀚𑀦 (“person”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀲 gen.sg (janasa), 𑀚𑀦𑀲𑀸 (janasā), ?𑀚𑀦𑀱𑀸 (janaṣā), 𑀚𑀦𑁂 nom.sg (jane)
	Delhi-Topra	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀁 acc.sg (janaṃ), 𑀚𑀦𑀲 gen.sg (janasa), 𑀚𑀦𑀲𑀺 loc.sg (janasi), 𑀚𑀦𑁂 nom.sg (jane)
East	Dhauli	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀲 gen.sg (janasa), 𑀚𑀦𑁂 nom.sg (jane)
	Jaugada	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀲 gen.sg (janasa), 𑀚𑀦𑁂 nom.sg (jane)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨗𐨣 (jana)	𐨗𐨣 (jana), 𐨗𐨣𐨯 gen.sg (janasa), 𐨗𐨣𐨅 nom.sg (jane), 𐨗𐨣𐨆 nom.sg (jano)
	Mansehra	𐨗𐨣 (jana)	𐨗𐨣𐨯 gen.sg (janasa), 𐨗𐨣𐨅 nom.sg (jane)
West	Girnar	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀁 acc.sg (janaṃ), 𑀚𑀦𑀲 gen.sg (janasa), 𑀚𑀦𑁂𑀦 ins.sg (janena), 𑀚𑀦𑁄 nom.sg (jano)
South	Udegolam	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀁 acc.sg (janaṃ)
	Nittur	𑀚𑀦 (jana)	𑀚𑀦𑀁 acc.sg (janaṃ)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀚𑀦 (“person”)
𑀚𑀦 (jana) (18) 𐨗𐨣 (jana) (6)

References

• Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 240.