𑀮𑁄𑀳

Prakrit

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawdʰás

Sanskrit लोह (loha)

Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha)

Inherited from Sanskrit लोह (loha).

Noun

𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha) m (Devanagari लोह, Kannada ಲೋಹ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. iron

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁄 (loho)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)
Accusative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀁 (lohaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂 (lohe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)
Instrumental	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀡 (loheṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (loheṇaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (lohehi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (lohehiṃ)
Dative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀅 (lohāa)	—
Ablative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (lohāhi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (lohāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (lohassa)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡 (lohāṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (lohāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (lohammi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂 (lohe)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (lohesu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (lohesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)

Related terms

• 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀭 (lohāra, “blacksmith”)
• 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia, “blood, red”)
• 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀻 (lohī, “iron pot”)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Hindi:
    • Hindi: लोह (loh), लोहा (lohā)
• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Marathi:
    • Marathi: लोह (loh)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: લોહ (loh)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit लौह (láuha), derived from लोह (lohá), for which see above.

Adjective

𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha) (Devanagari लोह, Kannada ಲೋಹ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. made of iron

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁄 (loho)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)
Accusative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀁 (lohaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂 (lohe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)
Instrumental	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀡 (loheṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (loheṇaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (lohehi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (lohehiṃ)
Dative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀅 (lohāa)	—
Ablative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (lohāhi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (lohāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (lohassa)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡 (lohāṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (lohāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (lohammi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂 (lohe)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (lohesu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (lohesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)
Accusative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀁 (lohaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)
Instrumental	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀏 (lohāe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇 (lohāi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀅 (lohāa)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (lohāhi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁 (lohāhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (lohāhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀏 (lohāe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇 (lohāi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀅 (lohāa)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡 (lohāṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (lohāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀏 (lohāe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇 (lohāi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀅 (lohāa)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀲𑀼 (lohāsu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (lohāsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂 (lohe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑁄𑀳 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀁 (lohaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇𑀁 (lohāiṃ) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇 (lohāi)
Accusative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀁 (lohaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇𑀁 (lohāiṃ) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇 (lohāi)
Instrumental	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀡 (loheṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (loheṇaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (lohehi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (lohehiṃ)
Dative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀅 (lohāa)	—
Ablative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀑 (lohāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀉 (lohāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (lohāhi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (lohāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (lohassa)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡 (lohāṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (lohāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (lohammi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂 (lohe)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (lohesu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (lohesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑁄𑀳 (loha) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸 (lohā)	𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇𑀁 (lohāiṃ) or 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀸𑀇 (lohāi)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “लोह”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].