𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

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Sanskrit शारि॑ (śā́ri)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā)

Inherited from Sanskrit शारि॑ (śā́ri, “myna bird”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-). Cognate with Pali sālikā, sāḷikā, sāliya, Classical Sanskrit शारिका (śārikā), सारिका (sārikā).

Noun

𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā) f

1. myna bird
   • c. 304 BCE – 232 BCE, Aśoka, Major Pillar Edict 5 Delhi-Topra.3:

     𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁂 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 𑀅𑀮𑀼𑀦𑁂 𑀘𑀓𑀯𑀸𑀓𑁂 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂 𑀦𑀁𑀤𑀻𑀫𑀼𑀔𑁂 𑀕𑁂𑀮𑀸𑀝𑁂

     suke sālikā alune cakavāke haṃse naṃdīmukhe gelāṭe

     • 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch

       parrots, mainas, the aruṇa, ruddy geese, wild geese, the nandīmukha, the gelāṭa

Declension

Declension of 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā)
	singular	plural
nominative	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 sālikā	—
accusative	—	—
instrumental	—	—
dative	—	—
ablative	—	—
genitive	—	—
locative	—	—

Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi and Delhi-Topra.

Dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (“parrot”)
Variety	Location	Lemmas	Forms edit
Central	Delhi-Topra	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā)	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 nom.sg (sālikā)
	Rampurva	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 (sālika)	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 nom.sg (sālika)
	Lauriya-Nandangarh	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 (sālika)	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 nom.sg (sālika)
	Lauriya-Araraj	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 (sālika)	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 nom.sg (sālika)
	Allahabad-Kosambi	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā)	𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 nom.sg (sālikā)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (“parrot”)
𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓 (sālika) (3) 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (sālikā) (2)

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀻 (sārī), 𑀲𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀆 (sāriā), 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀳𑀻 (sālahī), 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀳𑀺𑀆 (sālahiā), 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀺𑀆 (sālakkiā) (see there for further descendants)