𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭

Prakrit

Noun

𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) m (Devanagari मज्जार, Gujarati મજ્જાર, Kannada ಮಜ್ಜಾರ, feminine 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀻) (Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. Alternative form of 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra, “cat”)
   • c. 700 CE, Haribhadra, Maṇipati-Carita 83:

     𑀅𑀳 𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀁 𑀅𑀤𑀽𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀇 𑀚𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦-𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄
     𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀁𑀢-𑀲𑀼𑀈-𑀓𑀼𑀲𑀸𑀮𑁄 𑀉𑀁𑀤𑀽𑀭-𑀫𑁆-𑀆𑀇𑀡 𑀔𑀬-𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀻

     aha tesiṃ adūraṃmi bilaṃmi pavisei junna-majjāro
     diṭṭhaṃta-suī-kusālo uṃdūra-m-āiṇa khaya-kārī

     • 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams

       Not far away from them an aged cat was just going into his lair;
       he was versed in parables and learned lore and had brought about the destruction of many mice and other creatures.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄 (majjāro)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)
Accusative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 (majjāraṃ)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (majjāre) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (majjāreṇa) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (majjāreṇaṃ)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (majjārehi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (majjārehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (majjārāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (majjārāo) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (majjārāu) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (majjārāhi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (majjārāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (majjārassa)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (majjārāṇa) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (majjārāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (majjārammi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (majjāre)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (majjāresu) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (majjāresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majjāra”, 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.
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “मज्जार”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 667.