पहिय

See also: पहिया

Apabhramsa

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit पहिअ (pahia), from Sanskrit पथिक (pathika).[1]

Noun

पहिय (pahiyam (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. traveller
    • c. 965 CE – 971 CE, Puṣpadanta, Nayakumara-Chariu 1.6.10:
      जहिं हालिणि-कलरवमोहियाइँ पहि पहियइँ हरिणा-इव थियाइँ।
      jahiṃ hāliṇi-kalaravamohiyāim̐ pahi pahiyaïm̐ hariṇā-iva thiyāim̐.
      [In the country of Magadha,] travellers, infatuated by the murmur of farmers' wives, stop like deer on the road.

Declension

Declension of पहिय (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative पहियु (pahiyu) पहिय (pahiya)
Accusative पहियु (pahiyu) पहिय (pahiya)
Instrumental पहियें (pahiyeṃ) or पहियेणं (pahiyeṇaṃ) or पहियेण (pahiyeṇa) पहिय (pahiya) or पहियेहिं (pahiyehiṃ)
Dative पहियहो (pahiyaho) or पहियसु (pahiyasu) or पहियस्सु (pahiyassu) पहियहं (pahiyahaṃ)
Ablative पहियहे (pahiyahe) or पहियहु (pahiyahu) पहियहुं (pahiyahuṃ)
Genitive पहियहो (pahiyaho) or पहियसु (pahiyasu) or पहियस्सु (pahiyassu) पहियहं (pahiyahaṃ) or पहियाणं (pahiyāṇaṃ) or पहियाण (pahiyāṇa)
Locative पहियि (pahiyi) or पहिये (pahiye) पहियहिं (pahiyahiṃ)
Vocative पहिय (pahiya) पहियहो (pahiyaho)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pathika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 437

Old Gujarati

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa पहिय (pahiya), from Prakrit पहिअ (pahia), from Sanskrit पथिक (pathika).[1] Doublet of पथिक(पारण) (pathika(pāraṇa)).

Noun

पहिय • (pahiyam[1][2]

  1. traveller
    • c. 1400, Bharateśvara Cakravartī Phāga 10.12.3:
      कोमल कूपल पहिय-चित्ति
      करवाल तमालो
      komala kūpala pahiya-citti
      karavāla tamālo
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

  • Gujarati: પઈ (paī)
  • Marwari:
    Devanagari script: पई (paī)
    Mahajani script: 𑅨𑅑 (pi /⁠paī⁠/)

References