𑀖𑀸𑀲

Prakrit

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Sanskrit घास (ghāsa)

Prakrit 𑀖𑀸𑀲 (ghāsa)

Inherited from Sanskrit घास (ghāsa). Cognate with Pali ghāsa.

Noun

𑀖𑀸𑀲 (ghāsa) m (Devanagari घास)

1. grass

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀖𑀸𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁄 (ghāso)	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸 (ghāsā)
Accusative	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀁 (ghāsaṃ)	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂 (ghāse) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸 (ghāsā)
Instrumental	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀡 (ghāseṇa) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ghāseṇaṃ)	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ghāsehi) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ghāsehiṃ)
Dative	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀅 (ghāsāa)	—
Ablative	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀑 (ghāsāo) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀉 (ghāsāu) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸 (ghāsā) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ghāsāhi) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ghāsāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ghāsassa)	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀡 (ghāsāṇa) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ghāsāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ghāsammi) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂 (ghāse)	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ghāsesu) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ghāsesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀖𑀸𑀲 (ghāsa) or 𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸 (ghāsā)	𑀖𑀸𑀲𑀸 (ghāsā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani: ghās

    Hindi: घास

    Urdu: گھاس

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali: গাস (gaś)
  • Early Assamese: ঘাঁস (gha̐so)
    • Assamese: ঘাঁহ (ghãh)
  • Odia: ଘାସ (ghāsa)
  • Sylheti: ꠊꠣ (gá)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: घाँस (ghā̃s)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Kholosi: xāz
  • Punjabi: ghāh

    Gurmukhi script: ਘਾਹ

    Shahmukhi script: گھاہ

  • Sindhi: gāhu

    Arabic script: گاهه

    Devanagari script: गाहु

• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: ઘાસ (ghās)
  • Romani: khas (“hay”)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “घास”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 307.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghāsá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 241