𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• purisa (Latin script)
• पुरिस (Devanagari script)
• পুরিস (Bengali script)
• පුරිස (Sinhalese script)
• ပုရိသ (Burmese script)
• ปุริส or ปุริสะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩩᩁᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຸຣິສ or ປຸຣິສະ (Lao script)
• បុរិស (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄪𑄢𑄨𑄥 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 m

1. Brahmi script form of purisa (“man”)

Declension

Declension table of "𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 (puriso)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)
Accusative (second)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀁 (purisaṃ)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise)
Instrumental (third)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀦 (purisena)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (purisehi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀪𑀺 (purisebhi)
Dative (fourth)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (purisassa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀬 (purisāya) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 (purisatthaṃ)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 (purisānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀸 (purisasmā) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (purisamhā) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (purisehi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀪𑀺 (purisebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (purisassa)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀦𑀁 (purisānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀺𑀁 (purisasmiṃ) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀺 (purisamhi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (purisesu)
Vocative (calling)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀼𑀲 (purusa) — Śaurasenī, 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀰 (puliśa) — Māgadhī

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀲 (pulisa), from Sanskrit पुरुष (púriṣa). Cognate with Niya Prakrit 𐨤𐨂𐨪𐨂𐨮 (puruṣa), Gandhari 𐨤𐨂𐨪𐨂𐨮 (puruṣa), Pali purisa.

Noun

𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa) m (Devanagari पुरिस, Gujarati પુરિસ, Kannada ಪುರಿಸ) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. man, human

   Synonyms: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara), 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 (puriso)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)
Accusative	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀁 (purisaṃ)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)
Instrumental	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀡 (puriseṇa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (puriseṇaṃ)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (purisehi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (purisehiṃ)
Dative	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀅 (purisāa)	—
Ablative	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀑 (purisāo) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀉 (purisāu) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (purisāhi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (purisāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (purisassa)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀡 (purisāṇa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (purisāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (purisammi) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂 (purise)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (purisesu) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (purisesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (purisa) or 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)	𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲𑀸 (purisā)

Descendants

• Sindhi:

  Arabic script: پُرِهُ

  Devanagari script: पुरिहु

• ⇒ *𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲-𑀓 (*purisa-ka)
  • Hindi: पुरसा (pursā)

Further reading

• Otto von Böhtlingk (1877) “पुरिस”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., →OCLC, page 336 of 372
• Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “पुरिस”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 341
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “पुरिस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 608.
• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 111
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 104
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 27.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “púruṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 470