𐨩𐨡𐨁

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit यदि (yádi, “if”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyádi. Cognate with Pali yadi.

Conjunction

𐨩𐨡𐨁 (yadi) (Shahbazgarhi)

1. if
   • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Major Rock Edict 9 line 20:

     𐨩𐨡𐨁 𐨤𐨂𐨣 𐨟𐨎 𐨀𐨛𐨎 𐨣 𐨣𐨁𐨬𐨚𐨅 𐨀𐨁𐨀 𐨀𐨠 𐨤𐨪𐨟𐨿𐨪 𐨀𐨣𐨎𐨟𐨎 𐨤𐨂𐨙𐨎 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨯𐨬𐨟𐨁

     yadi puna taṃ aṭhaṃ na nivaṭe ia atha paratra anaṃtaṃ puñaṃ prasavati

     But if one does not attain [by it] his object in this [world], then endless merit is produced in the other [world].

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀇 (yaï), 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (yadi)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï)
  • Old Bengali: জই
  • Old Gujarati: जइ (jaï)
    • Marwari: जे (je), जै (jai), जइ (jai)
  • Maithili:
    • Devanagari script: जँ (jã), जऽ (ja²), ज' (ja')
    • Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒿 (jã), 𑒖𑓄, 𑒖' (ja')
  • Old Marathi: jaiṃ
    • Devanagari script: जैं (jaiṃ)
    • Modi script: 𑘕𑘺𑘽 (jaiṃ)
    • Marathi: जई (jaī) (poetic)
  • Old Punjabi: ਜਿ (ji), ਜੇ (je)
    • Punjabi:
      • Gurmukhi script: ਜੇ (je)
      • Shahmukhi script: جے (je)
    • ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਜੇਕਰਿ (jekari)
      • → Punjabi: ਜੇਕਰ (jekar)
  • Sindhi:
    • Arabic script: جي
    • Devanagari script: जे
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï), 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press