𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hárdʰas

Sanskrit अर्ध (ardha)

Proto-Indo-European *tréyes

Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyasder.

Sanskrit तृतीय (tṛtīya)

Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)

Inherited from Sanskrit अर्धतृतीय (ardhatṛtīya). The expected descendant (and probable intermediary) is *aḍhatatiya.

Numeral

𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya /aḍḍhatiya/) (cardinal number)

1. two and a half, 2.5

Declension

Declension of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)
	masculine		feminine		neuter
	singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	—	—	—	—	—	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 aḍhatiyāni
accusative	—	—	—	—	—	—
instrumental	—	—	—	—	—	—
dative	—	—	—	—	—	—
ablative	—	—	—	—	—	—
genitive	—	—	—	—	—	—
locative	—	—	—	—	—	—

Alternative forms

Attested at Gavimath, Gujarra, Maski, Panguraria, Rupnath and Sahasram.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (“two and a half”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Rupnath	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)	?𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhatiyāni)
	Sahasram	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)	?𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhatiyāni)
	Gujarra	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhatiyāni)
	Panguraria	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)	?𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhatiyāni)
	Bahapur	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)	?𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhātiyāni)
South	Siddapura	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)	?𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhātiyāni)
	Brahmagiri	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhātiyāni)
	Maski	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)	?𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhatiyāni)
	Rajula-Mandagiri	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhātiyāni)
	Nittur	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya)	𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhātiyāni)
	Gavimath	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya)	𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀦𑀺 n.nom.pl (aḍhatiyāni)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (“two and a half”)
𑀅𑀠𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhatiya) (6) 𑀅𑀠𑀸𑀢𑀺𑀬 (aḍhātiya) (5)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀬 (aḍḍhāiya), 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀸𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚 (aḍḍhāijja), 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀢𑀇𑀬 (addhataïya), 𑀅𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀇𑀚𑁆𑀚 (aḍḍhaïjja) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) “aḍhatiya-”, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of Aśoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 136
• Hultzsch, E[ugen Julius Theodor] (1925) Inscriptions of Aśoka (new edition), in Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 232.