𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ऋजु (ṛjú, “straight”). Cognate with Pali uju.

Adjective

𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼 (ujju) (Devanagari उज्जु, Gujarati ઉજ્જુ, Kannada ಉಜ್ಜು) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. straight
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 476:

     𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼-𑀅𑀭𑀏 𑀡 𑀢𑀽𑀲𑀇 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺-𑀯𑀺 𑀆𑀅𑀫𑀁 𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁂𑀇
     𑀏𑀢𑁆𑀣 𑀅𑀳𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀇 𑀫𑀏 𑀧𑀺𑀏 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀁 𑀓𑀳 𑀡𑀼 𑀓𑀸𑀅𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁?

     ujju-arae ṇa tūsaï vaṃkammi-vi āamaṃ viappei
     ĕttha ahavvāi mae pie piaṃ kaha ṇu kāavvaṃ?

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Straightforward pleasure doesn’t satisfy him, he says, and if I spice it up, he wonders who taught me that.
       As I always get it wrong, how will I ever make him happy?

Derived terms

• 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀅 (ujjua)
  • Konkani: ujvẽ

    Devanagari script: उजवें

    Kannada script: ಉಜವೆಂ

    Latin script: uzvem

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: उजिवा (ujivā)

    Modi script: 𑘄𑘕𑘲𑘪𑘰 (ujīvā)

    • Marathi: उजवे (ujve)

Descendants

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: उजु (uju)

  Modi script: 𑘄𑘕𑘳 (uju)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 145
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 408
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “r̥jú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press