𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸
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Sanskrit इष्टा (iṣṭā)
Prakrit 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā)
Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀇𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṣṭā), related to 𑀇𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀓𑀸 (íṣṭakā, “brick”).[1]
Noun
[edit]𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā) f (Devanagari इट्टा, Gujarati ઇટ્ટા, Kannada ಇಟ್ಟಾ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī) [2][3][4]
- brick
- c. 8th century CE, Vākpati-rāja, Gauḍavadha 1182:
- 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸-𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀅𑀯𑀁 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀼𑀭𑀇 .
𑀭𑀯𑀺𑀡𑁄 𑀕𑀅𑀡𑀸𑀲𑀺-𑀡𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀡-𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓-𑀯𑀮𑀑𑀯𑀁 𑀩𑀺𑀁𑀩𑀁 𑁈𑁧𑁧𑁮𑁨𑁈- iṭṭā-cuṇṇaṃ-va kirantamuddhamuruṇāvaavaṃ paripphuraï .
raviṇo gaaṇāsi-ṇisāṇa-cakka-valaovaṃ biṃbaṃ .1182.
- 1975 translation by Narhari Govind Suru
- 1182. The sun is figuratively imagined to the whetting wheel of the bluish sword in the form of the blue sky.
As the sword is held over the rotating sharpening wheel, fire-sparks, which are no other than the powdered particles of the wheel made of brick-clay, shoot and spread about.
This is the red-lustered dawn emerging and the wheel is the sun’s orb.
- 1182. The sun is figuratively imagined to the whetting wheel of the bluish sword in the form of the blue sky.
- iṭṭā-cuṇṇaṃ-va kirantamuddhamuruṇāvaavaṃ paripphuraï .
- 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸-𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀯 𑀓𑀺𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀅𑀯𑀁 𑀧𑀭𑀺𑀧𑁆𑀨𑀼𑀭𑀇 .
Declension
[edit]Maharastri declension of 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (feminine) | ||
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singular | plural | |
Nominative | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀑 (iṭṭāo) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀉 (iṭṭāu) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā) |
Accusative | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁 (iṭṭaṃ) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀑 (iṭṭāo) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀉 (iṭṭāu) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā) |
Instrumental | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀏 (iṭṭāe) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀇 (iṭṭāi) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀅 (iṭṭāa) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺 (iṭṭāhi) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁 (iṭṭāhiṃ) |
Dative | — | — |
Ablative | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀑 (iṭṭāo) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀉 (iṭṭāu) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (iṭṭāhiṃto) |
Genitive | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀏 (iṭṭāe) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀇 (iṭṭāi) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀅 (iṭṭāa) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀡 (iṭṭāṇa) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀡𑀁 (iṭṭāṇaṃ) |
Locative | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀏 (iṭṭāe) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀇 (iṭṭāi) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀅 (iṭṭāa) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀲𑀼 (iṭṭāsu) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (iṭṭāsuṃ) |
Vocative | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁂 (iṭṭe) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā) | 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀑 (iṭṭāo) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸𑀉 (iṭṭāu) or 𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀸 (iṭṭā) |
Descendants
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- Central Indo-Aryan:
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Insular Indo-Aryan:
- >? Sinhalese: උළු (uḷu)
- Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Western Indo-Aryan:
References
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- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “íṣṭakā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 72: “Pk. iṭṭagā-, iṭṭā- f.”
- ^ Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “इट्टा”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 132.
- ^ Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 212: “M. AMg. JM. iṭṭā = iṣṭā”
- ^ Maharaj, Ratnachandraji (1923-1938) “इट्टा”, in An Illustrated Ardha-Magadhi Dictionary, volume 2, Kesarichand Bhandari, page 136, column 2; republished Bungalow Road, Jawahar Nagar, Delhi 110007: Motilal Banarsidass, 1988