𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅
Appearance
Prakrit
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (muttia)
- 𑀫𑁴𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (mŏttiya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑁅𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀓 (mauktika).
Noun
[edit]𑀫𑁴𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia) n (Devanagari मोत्तिअ, Kannada ಮೊತ್ತಿಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)
- a pearl
- Synonym: 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (muttā)
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 310:
- 𑀡 𑀕𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀇 𑀚𑀡𑁄 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀇 𑀚𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀡 𑀪𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀑 𑀢𑁂𑀡
𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀽𑀡 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀤𑀸 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 𑀕𑀼𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀉 𑀕𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀁𑀢𑀺- ṇa guṇeṇa hīraï jaṇo hīraï jo jeṇa bhāvio teṇa
mŏttūṇa puliṃdā mŏttiāi guṃjāu gĕṇhaṃti
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- People are not captivated by true qualities but by what takes their fancy.
The Pulindas brush pearls aside but seize upon the guñja seeds the jeweler uses as weights.
- People are not captivated by true qualities but by what takes their fancy.
- ṇa guṇeṇa hīraï jaṇo hīraï jo jeṇa bhāvio teṇa
- 𑀡 𑀕𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀇 𑀚𑀡𑁄 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀇 𑀚𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀡 𑀪𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀑 𑀢𑁂𑀡
Declension
[edit]Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (neuter) | ||
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singular | plural | |
Nominative | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀁 (mŏttiaṃ) | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (mŏttiāiṃ) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 (mŏttiāi) |
Accusative | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀁 (mŏttiaṃ) | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (mŏttiāiṃ) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 (mŏttiāi) |
Instrumental | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀡 (mŏttieṇa) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀡𑀁 (mŏttieṇaṃ) | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺 (mŏttiehi) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (mŏttiehiṃ) |
Dative | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀅 (mŏttiāa) | — |
Ablative | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀑 (mŏttiāo) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀉 (mŏttiāu) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆 (mŏttiā) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺 (mŏttiāhi) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (mŏttiāhiṃto) | — |
Genitive | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (mŏttiassa) | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀡 (mŏttiāṇa) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀡𑀁 (mŏttiāṇaṃ) |
Locative | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (mŏttiammi) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏 (mŏttie) | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼 (mŏttiesu) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (mŏttiesuṃ) |
Vocative | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆 (mŏttiā) | 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (mŏttiāiṃ) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 (mŏttiāi) |
Descendants
[edit]Terms inherited from 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia)
- Ahirani: मोती (motī)
- Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मोत्तिउ (mottiu)
- Assamese: মোতি (müti)
- Middle Bengali: মুতি (muti)
- Bengali: মোতি (mōti) (< Hindustani موتِی (motī) / मोती (motī))
- Dogri: motī
- Old Gujarati: मोती (motī)
- Kachchi: મોતી (motī)
- Konkani: motī̃
- Maithili: mōti
- Old Marathi: motī
- Marathi: मोती (motī)
- Nepali: मोती (motī)
- Odia: ମୋତି (moti)
- Old Punjabi: ਮੋਤੀ (motī)
- Sindhi: motī
Further reading
[edit]- Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 61, 191, 390
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mauktika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 598