𑀳𑀁𑀲

Prakrit

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰansás

Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (haṃsa)

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (haṃsa).

Noun

𑀳𑀁𑀲 (haṃsa) m (Devanagari हंस, Kannada ಹಂಸ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. goose

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁄 (haṃso)	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸 (haṃsā)
Accusative	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀁 (haṃsaṃ)	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂 (haṃse) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸 (haṃsā)
Instrumental	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂𑀡 (haṃseṇa) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (haṃseṇaṃ)	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (haṃsehi) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (haṃsehiṃ)
Dative	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀅 (haṃsāa)	—
Ablative	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀑 (haṃsāo) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀉 (haṃsāu) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸 (haṃsā) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (haṃsāhi) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (haṃsāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (haṃsassa)	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀡 (haṃsāṇa) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (haṃsāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (haṃsammi) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂 (haṃse)	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (haṃsesu) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (haṃsesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀳𑀁𑀲 (haṃsa) or 𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸 (haṃsā)	𑀳𑀁𑀲𑀸 (haṃsā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani: hā̃s (obsolete)
    • Hindi: हाँस
    • Urdu: ہانس
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Assamese: হাঁহ (hãh)
  • Bengali: হাঁস (hãs)
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠃꠀ (áúa), ꠀꠁ (áí)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi: ਹੰਸ (hans)

References

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