𑀫𑀢

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

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)

Inherited from Sanskrit मृ॒त (mṛtá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥tás, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós, from *mer- + *-tós.

Adjective

𑀫𑀢 (mata)

1. dead

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar.

Dialectal forms of 𑀫𑀢 (“dead”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Kalsi	𑀫𑀝 (maṭa)
Northwest	Shahbazgarhi	𐨨𐨂𐨚 (muṭa)
	Mansehra	𐨨𐨚 (maṭa)
West	Girnar	𑀫𑀢 (mata)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀫𑀢 (“dead”)
𑀫𑀝 (maṭa) (1) 𐨨𐨚 (maṭa) (1) 𑀫𑀢 (mata) (1) 𐨨𐨂𐨚 (muṭa) (1)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀅 (maa), 𑀫𑀼𑀅 (mua), 𑀫𑀬 (maya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, 𑀫𑀴 (maḷa) — Māgadhī, 𑀫𑀼𑀤 (muda) — Śaurasenī (see there for further descendants)

References

• Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 9.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mr̥tá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press