𑀚𑀸𑀇

See also: 𑀚𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀚𑀸𑀤𑀺 (jādi) — Śaurasenī
• 𑀚𑀸𑀅𑀇 (jāaï)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-

Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti)

Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀇 (jāi)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-. Cognate with Pali yāti.

Verb

𑀚𑀸𑀇 (jāi) (Devanagari जाइ, Kannada ಜಾಇ) (intransitive) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. to go

   Synonyms: 𑀏𑀇 (ei), 𑀕𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀇 (gacchaï), 𑀲𑀭𑀇 (saraï)

2. to attain
   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami lines 68-69:

     𑀧𑀁𑀘-𑀡𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭-𑀲𑀫𑀸 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑁂 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀁𑀢𑀺 𑀚𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀤𑀲 𑀧𑀸𑀡𑀸
     𑀲𑁄 𑀚𑀇 𑀡 𑀚𑀸𑀇 𑀫𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀁 𑀅𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀯𑁂𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀑 𑀳𑁄𑀇

     paṃca-ṇamŏkkāra-samā aṃte vaccaṃti jassa dasa pāṇā
     so jaï ṇa jāi mŏkkhaṃ avassa vemāṇio hoi

     If he whose ten vital airs depart at the end, while they have become one with the formula of worship,
     does not reach final emancipation, he certainly becomes a Vemāṇiya god.

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: जाना (jānā)
    • Urdu: جانا (jānā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: যা (za)
    • Bengali: যাওয়া (jaōẇa)
    • Sylheti: ꠎꠣꠃꠣ (zaua)
  • Bihari:
    • Maithili: जाएब (jāēb)
  • Odia: ଯିବା (jibā)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Dhivehi: ދަނީ (danī)
  • Sinhalese: යනවා (yanawā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: जानु (jānu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਜਾਣਾ (jāṇā)

    Shahmukhi script: جانا (jānā)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: जाणे (jāṇe)

    Modi script: 𑘕𑘰𑘜𑘹 (jāṇe)

    • Marathi: जाणे (jāṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati: जाइ (jāi)
    • Gujarati: જવું (javũ), જાવું (jāvũ)
    • Marwari: जावइ (jāvai)
    • Mewari: जाणो (jāṇo)
  • Romani: ʒal

References

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 135.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yāˊti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press