Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit ईदृश (īdṛ́śa). Cognate with Pali edisa, īdisa.
Adjective
𑀏𑀤𑀺𑀲 (edisa) (Dhauli, Kalsi)
- such, of this kind
Attested at Dhauli and Kalsi.
| Map of dialectal forms of 𑀏𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀲 (“such, of this kind”)
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𑀳𑁂𑀤𑀺𑀲 (hedisa) (3) 𐨀𐨅𐨡𐨁𐨭 (ediśa) (2) 𑀏𑀤𑀺𑀲 (edisa) (2) 𑀏𑀢𑀸𑀭𑀺𑀲 (etārisa) (1)
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Descendants
- Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀏𑀭𑀺𑀲 (erisa), 𑀏𑀮𑀺𑀲 (elisa)
- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀈𑀤𑀺𑀰 (īdiśa)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀈𑀇𑀲 (īisa), 𑀈𑀭𑀺𑀲 (īrisa), 𑀏𑀈𑀲 (eīsa), 𑀏𑀭𑀺𑀲 (erisa)
- Konkani:
- Devanagari script: अशें (aśẽ)
- Kannada script: ಅಶೆಂ (aśẽ)
- Latin script: oxem
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: ऐस (aisa)
- Modi script: 𑘋𑘭 (aisa)
- Paisaci Prakrit: 𑀏𑀢𑀺𑀲 (etisa)
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀈𑀤𑀺𑀲 (īdisa), 𑀏𑀭𑀺𑀲 (erisa)
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: ऐसा (aisā)
- Urdu: ایسا (aisā)
References
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 128.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “īdŕ̊śa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press