𑀭𑀁𑀕

Prakrit

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Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga)

Prakrit 𑀭𑀁𑀕 (raṃga)

Inherited from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga). Cognate with Pali raṅga.

Noun

𑀭𑀁𑀕 (raṃga) m (Devanagari रंग)

1. red colour
2. theatre, dancing place

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀭𑀁𑀕 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁄 (raṃgo)	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸 (raṃgā)
Accusative	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀁 (raṃgaṃ)	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂 (raṃge) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸 (raṃgā)
Instrumental	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀡 (raṃgeṇa) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀡𑀁 (raṃgeṇaṃ)	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀳𑀺 (raṃgehi) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (raṃgehiṃ)
Dative	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀅 (raṃgāa)	—
Ablative	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀑 (raṃgāo) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀉 (raṃgāu) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸 (raṃgā) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀳𑀺 (raṃgāhi) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (raṃgāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀲𑁆𑀲 (raṃgassa)	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀡 (raṃgāṇa) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀡𑀁 (raṃgāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (raṃgammi) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂 (raṃge)	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀲𑀼 (raṃgesu) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (raṃgesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀭𑀁𑀕 (raṃga) or 𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸 (raṃgā)	𑀭𑀁𑀕𑀸 (raṃgā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: रंग (raṅg)

    Urdu: رَن٘گ (raṅg)

• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Assamese: ৰাং (raṅ)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: raṅg

    Gurmukhi script: ਰੰਗ

    Shahmukhi script: رَن٘گ

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “रंग”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 702.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611