𑀲𑀻𑀳
Maharastri Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳 (siṃha), 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀖 (siṃgha)
Etymology
From Sanskrit सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás, ultimately a borrowing from a Central Asian language. Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑀺𑀁𑀳 (śiṃha), Pali sīha.
Declension
| Declension of 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁄 (sīho) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
| Accusative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀁 (sīhaṃ) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀡 (sīheṇa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (sīheṇaṃ) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (sīhehi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sīhehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀅 (sīhāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀑 (sīhāo) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀉 (sīhāu) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (sīhāhi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sīhāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (sīhassa) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀡 (sīhāṇa) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (sīhāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (sīhammi) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂 (sīhe) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (sīhesu) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sīhesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀲𑀻𑀳 (sīha) or 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) | 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀸 (sīhā) |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “siṁhá (13384)”, 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 188
- Alfred C. Woolner (1917) An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 25
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