๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฐ
Appearance
Prakrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐บ๐ฒ (purisa) — Sauraseni, Maharastri, Ardhamagadhi
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit ๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ (pulisa); see Sanskrit เคชเฅเคฐเฅเคท (pรบruแนฃa). Cognate with Niya Prakrit ๐จค๐จ๐จช๐จ๐จฎ (puruแนฃa), Gandhari ๐จค๐จ๐จช๐จ๐จฎ (puruแนฃa), Pali purisa.
Noun
[edit]๐ง๐ผ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฐ (puliลa) m (Devanagari เคชเฅเคฒเคฟเคถ) (Mฤgadhฤซ)
- man, male human
- Synonym: ๐ซ๐ก๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ฐ (maแนuลลa)
- servant
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) โเคชเฅเคฒเคฟเคถโ, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, โOCLC
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 104
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakritโ, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 58.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ1985) โpรบruแนฃaโ, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press