𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 (maṃjara)
• 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) — Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃merǵ-

Sanskrit मृज् (mṛj)?

Sanskrit मा॒र्जा॒र (mārjārá)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra)

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (mārjārá). Cognate with Pali majjāra.

Noun

𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) m (Devanagari मंजार, Kannada ಮಂಜಾರ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

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   • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 2, 132:

     𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭-𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁅 𑁈𑁧𑁩𑁨𑁈
     𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀰𑀩𑁆𑀤𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀤𑁂𑀰𑁅 𑀯𑀸 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀂𑁇 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁄 𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁄𑁇 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄𑁇

     mārjārasya maṃjara-vaṃjarau .132.
     mārjāraśabdasya maṃjara vaṃjara ityādeśau vā bhavataḥ. maṃjaro vaṃjaro. pakṣe majjāro.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄 (maṃjāro)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)
Accusative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 (maṃjāraṃ)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (maṃjāre) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (maṃjāreṇa) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maṃjāreṇaṃ)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (maṃjārehi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (maṃjārehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (maṃjārāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (maṃjārāo) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (maṃjārāu) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (maṃjārāhi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (maṃjārāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṃjārassa)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (maṃjārāṇa) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (maṃjārāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (maṃjārammi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (maṃjāre)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (maṃjāresu) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (maṃjāresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: मँजार (mañjār)

    Urdu: مَنْجَار (manjār)

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Odia: ⇒ ମଞ୍ଜାରୀ (mañjāri)
• Insular Indo-Aryan:
  • Sinhalese: ⇒ මැදිරියා (mædiriyā)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Punjabi: ਮੰਜਾਰੁ (maṃjāru)
    • Punjabi: ਮਾਂਜਾਰ (māñjār)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: māj̈ar

    Devanagari script: माज़र

    Kannada script: ಮಾಜ಼ರ್

    Latin script: mazor

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: मांजिर (māṃjira)

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘲𑘨 (māṃjīra)

    • Marathi: मांज़र (māñj̈ar), ⇒ मांज़री (māñj̈rī), ⇒ मांज़रू (māñj̈rū)
    • Varhadi: माजर (mājar)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Middle Gujarati: मंजार, ⇒ मंजारि, ⇒ मंजारी
    • Gujarati: મંજાર (mañjār), ⇒ મંજારી (mañjārī)
  • Marwari: ⇒

    Devanagari script: मंजारी (mañjārī), मांजरौ (māñjrau)

    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅧𑅛𑅭𑅑 (mnjri), 𑅬𑅧𑅛𑅭𑅒 (mnjru)

  • Saurashtra: ⇒ ꢪꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢬꢶ (mañjiri)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mārjārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 580
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 75
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 209.
• Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “मंजार”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 683