𑀟𑀁𑀟

Prakrit

Noun

𑀟𑀁𑀟 (ḍaṃḍa) m (Devanagari डंड)

1. alternative form of 𑀤𑀁𑀟 (daṃḍa)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀟𑀁𑀟 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁄 (ḍaṃḍo)	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸 (ḍaṃḍā)
Accusative	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀁 (ḍaṃḍaṃ)	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂 (ḍaṃḍe) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸 (ḍaṃḍā)
Instrumental	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀡 (ḍaṃḍeṇa) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀡𑀁 (ḍaṃḍeṇaṃ)	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀳𑀺 (ḍaṃḍehi) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (ḍaṃḍehiṃ)
Dative	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀅 (ḍaṃḍāa)	—
Ablative	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀑 (ḍaṃḍāo) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀉 (ḍaṃḍāu) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸 (ḍaṃḍā) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀳𑀺 (ḍaṃḍāhi) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (ḍaṃḍāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀲𑁆𑀲 (ḍaṃḍassa)	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀡 (ḍaṃḍāṇa) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀡𑀁 (ḍaṃḍāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (ḍaṃḍammi) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂 (ḍaṃḍe)	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀲𑀼 (ḍaṃḍesu) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (ḍaṃḍesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀟𑀁𑀟 (ḍaṃḍa) or 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸 (ḍaṃḍā)	𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀸 (ḍaṃḍā)

Descendants

Descendants (with Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-))

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani: ḍaṇḍā

    Hindi: डंडा

    Urdu: ڈنڈا

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali: ডান্ডা (ḍanḍa)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ḍaṇḍā

    Gurmukhi script: ਡੰਡਾ

    Shahmukhi script: ڈنڈا

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “डंड”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 371.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “daṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 350