𑀪𑀸𑀉

Prakrit

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀢𑀼 (bhātu), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognate with Pali bhātar.

Noun

𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu) m (Devanagari भाउ, Kannada ಭಾಉ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. brother
   • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami lines 245-246:

     𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀘 𑀓𑁂𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸-𑀲𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄!
     𑀡𑀫𑀺𑀡𑀸 𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀓𑀳𑀁 𑀫𑀫 𑀏𑀲 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀸?

     aṇṇaṃ-ca keriso jĕṭṭha-bhāuṇā-saha saṃgāmo!
     ṇamiṇā bhaṇiyaṃ kahaṃ mama esa jĕṭṭha-bhāyā?

     And another thing: ʻWhat kind of war is waged with one's elder brother!ʼ
     Nami said: ʻHow is he my elder brother?ʼ

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑀸𑀉
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā)	𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Accusative	𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑀁 (bhāaraṃ)	𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Instrumental	𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸 (bhāuṇā)	—
Dative	—	—
Ablative	—	—
Genitive	𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑁄 (bhāuṇo)	—
Locative	—	—
Vocative	𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā)	𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Note: Many of these forms may be unattested.

Descendants

• Konkani: bhāv

  Devanagari script: भाव

  Kannada script: ಭಾವ್

  Latin script: bhav

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: भाउ (bhāu), भाव (bhāva)

  Modi script: 𑘥𑘰𑘄 (bhāu), 𑘥𑘰𑘪 (bhāva)

  • Marathi: भाऊ (bhāū)

References

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 148
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 276
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press