𑀲𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀬 (saya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī

Etymology

PIE word
*ḱm̥tóm

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀢 (sata), from Sanskrit शत (śatá, “hundred”). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀤 (sada), Ardhamagadhi Prakrit 𑀲𑀬 (saya), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀤 (śada), Pali sata.

Numeral

𑀲𑀅 (saa) n (Devanagari सअ, Kannada ಸಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī) (cardinal number)

1. hundred

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀅 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀅𑀁 (saaṃ)	𑀲𑀆𑀇𑀁 (saāiṃ) or 𑀲𑀆𑀇 (saāi)
Accusative	𑀲𑀅𑀁 (saaṃ)	𑀲𑀆𑀇𑀁 (saāiṃ) or 𑀲𑀆𑀇 (saāi)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀏𑀡 (saeṇa) or 𑀲𑀏𑀡𑀁 (saeṇaṃ)	𑀲𑀏𑀳𑀺 (saehi) or 𑀲𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (saehiṃ)
Dative	𑀲𑀆𑀅 (saāa)	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀆𑀑 (saāo) or 𑀲𑀆𑀉 (saāu) or 𑀲𑀆 (saā) or 𑀲𑀆𑀳𑀺 (saāhi) or 𑀲𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (saāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀲𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (saassa)	𑀲𑀆𑀡 (saāṇa) or 𑀲𑀆𑀡𑀁 (saāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (saammi) or 𑀲𑀏 (sae)	𑀲𑀏𑀲𑀼 (saesu) or 𑀲𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (saesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀅 (saa) or 𑀲𑀆 (saā)	𑀲𑀆𑀇𑀁 (saāiṃ) or 𑀲𑀆𑀇 (saāi)

Descendants

• Konkani:

  Devanagari script: -शे (-śe)

  Kannada script: -ಶೆ (-śe)

  Latin script: -xem

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: श्ये (śye), सें (seṃ)

  Modi script: 𑘫𑘿𑘧𑘹 (śye), 𑘭𑘹𑘽 (seṃ)

  • Marathi: -शे (-śe)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 322
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 41.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śatá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 711