𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲

Maharastri Prakrit

Alternative forms

  • 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀼𑀲 (māṇusa)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyá) (compare मानुष (mā́nuṣa)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *manuṣyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *manušyás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (man). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀰 (maṇuśśa), Pali manussa.

Noun

𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa) m

  1. human being
  2. man
    Synonym: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara)

Declension

Declension of 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (maṇusso) 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)
Accusative 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (maṇussaṃ) 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (maṇusse) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)
Instrumental 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡 (maṇusseṇa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maṇusseṇaṃ) 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (maṇussehi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (maṇussehiṃ)
Dative 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀅 (maṇussāa)
Ablative 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀑 (maṇussāo) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀉 (maṇussāu) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (maṇussāhi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (maṇussāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussassa) 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡 (maṇussāṇa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (maṇussāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (maṇussammi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (maṇusse) 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (maṇussesu) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (maṇussesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)

Descendants

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), manuṣyà (9828)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  • Richard Pischel (1900) Grammatik der Prakrit-Sprachen [Comparative Grammar Of The Prakrit Languages], Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, published 1957, page 222
  • Alfred C. Woolner (1917) An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 21
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