𑀅𑀳𑀅𑀁
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Prakrit
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit अहकम् (ahakam, diminutive of अहम् (ahám)). Attested c. 232-268 BCE as Ashokan Prakrit 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ). Related to 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ).
Pronoun
[edit]𑀅𑀳𑀅𑀁 (ahaaṃ) (Devanagari अहअं, Kannada ಅಹಅಂ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)
Alternative forms
[edit]- 𑀳𑀕𑁂 (hage) — Māgadhī, 𑀅𑀳𑀬𑀁 (ahayaṃ) — hiatus-filler, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī
References
[edit]- Sir Ramkrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (2005) “अहअं”, in Study of Philology: Sanskrit and the Derived Languages, Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 126, 277 of 356, →ISBN
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 39.