𑀫𑀅

Prakrit

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mer-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás

Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀢 (mata)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀅 (maa)

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀢 (mata), from Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, from *mer- + *-tós. Cognate with Pali mata.

Adjective

𑀫𑀅 (maa) (Devanagari मअ, Kannada ಮಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. dead

Verb

𑀫𑀅 (maa) (Devanagari मअ)

1. past participle of 𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï)

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀼𑀅 (mua)
• 𑀫𑀬 (maya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī
• 𑀫𑀴 (maḷa) — Māgadhī
• 𑀫𑀼𑀤 (muda) — Śaurasenī

Derived terms

• 𑀫𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (maïlla)
• 𑀫𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀆 (maïlliā)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀅𑀮 (muala)
• 𑀫𑀽𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀅 (mūillaa)

Descendants

• ⇒ Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Konkani: मेल्लो (mello)
  • Old Marathi:

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘹𑘩𑘹𑘽 (meleṃ)

    Devanagari script: मेलें (meleṃ)

    • Marathi: मेले (mele)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás

Sanskrit मृ॒ग (mṛgá)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀅 (maa)

Inherited from Sanskrit मृ॒ग (mṛgá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás.

Noun

𑀫𑀅 (maa) m (Devanagari मअ) (Śaurasenī)

1. deer

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 161
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 51.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mr̥tá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 56