𑀚𑀲

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Noun

𑀚𑀲 (jasa) (Devanagari जस, Kannada ಜಸ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. fame, glory

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀚𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀚𑀲𑁄 (jaso)	𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)
Accusative	𑀚𑀲𑀁 (jasaṃ)	𑀚𑀲𑁂 (jase) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)
Instrumental	𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀡 (jaseṇa) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (jaseṇaṃ)	𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (jasehi) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (jasehiṃ)
Dative	𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀅 (jasāa)	—
Ablative	𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀑 (jasāo) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀉 (jasāu) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (jasāhi) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (jasāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀚𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (jasassa)	𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀡 (jasāṇa) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (jasāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀚𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (jasammi) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂 (jase)	𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (jasesu) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (jasesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀚𑀲 (jasa) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)	𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Awadhi: 𑂔𑂮 (jasa)
    • Awadhi: जस (jas)
    • Bagheli: जस (jas)
    • Chhattisgarhi: जस (jas)
  • Old Hindi: जस (jasa)
    • Old Braj: जस (jas)
      • Braj: जस (jas)
    • Bundeli: जस (jas)
    • Hindustani: jas

      Hindi: जस

      Urdu: جَس (jas)

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bihari:
  • Maithili: jas

    Devanagari script: जस

    Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒮

• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: යස (yasa), යහ (yaha)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: जस (jas)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Punjabi: ਜਸੁ (jasu)
    • Punjabi:

      Gurmukhi script: ਜੱਸ (jassa)

      Shahmukhi script: جَسّ (jass)

  • Sindhi: jasu

    Arabic script: جَسُ

    Devanagari script: जसु

    Khudabadi script: 𑋂𑋝𑋣

• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: जस (jasa)
    • Gujarati: જસ (jas)
    • Malvi: जस (jas)
    • Marwari: jas

      Devanagari script: जस

      Mahajani script: 𑅛𑅰

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: जस (jas)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “जस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 193
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 238
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604