𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂
Appearance
Pali
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[edit]Alternative scripts
Noun
[edit]𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂
- Brahmi script form of asme, which is accusative plural of 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (asman, “stone”)
Pronoun
[edit]𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂
- Brahmi script form of asme (“us”), which is an accusative plural of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)
Prakrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from Sanskrit अस्मद् (asmad). This nominative and accusative form is not inherited from Vedic Sanskrit अस्मे (asmé, locative of वयम् (vayám, “we”)), but is rather an innovation based on the analogy of the masculine of the thematic pronominals. First attested in writing in Middle Indo-Aryan as the more derived Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe), it is shared with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe) and Pali amhe.
Pronoun
[edit]𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂 (asme) (Devanagari अस्मे) (Māgadhī)
- we - nominative/accusative plural of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)
Descendants
[edit]- Bengali-Assamese:
- Bhojpuri:
- Odia: ଆମେ (āme)
Further reading
[edit]- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages[1], Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass
Categories:
- Pali non-lemma forms
- Pali noun forms
- Pali pronoun forms
- Prakrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Prakrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Prakrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Prakrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Prakrit terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Prakrit terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Prakrit terms derived from Sanskrit
- Prakrit non-lemma forms
- Prakrit pronoun forms
- Prakrit pronoun forms in Brahmi script
- Magadhi Prakrit