𑀚𑀲

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀲𑁄 (yaso), from Sanskrit यशः (yáśaḥ).

Noun

𑀚𑀲 (jasa) (Devanagari जस, Kannada ಜಸ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. fame, glory

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀚𑀲 (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀚𑀲𑁄 (jaso) 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)
Accusative 𑀚𑀲𑀁 (jasaṃ) 𑀚𑀲𑁂 (jase) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)
Instrumental 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀡 (jaseṇa) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (jaseṇaṃ) 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (jasehi) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (jasehiṃ)
Dative 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀅 (jasāa)
Ablative 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀑 (jasāo) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀉 (jasāu) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (jasāhi) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (jasāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀚𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (jasassa) 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀡 (jasāṇa) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (jasāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀚𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (jasammi) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂 (jase) 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (jasesu) or 𑀚𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (jasesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀚𑀲 (jasa) or 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā) 𑀚𑀲𑀸 (jasā)

Descendants

  • Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Eastern Indo-Aryan:
    • Bihari:
    • Maithili: jas
      Devanagari script: जस
      Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒮
  • Insular Indo-Aryan:
    • Sinhalese: යස (yasa), යහ (yaha)
  • Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
    • Old Punjabi: ਜਸੁ (jasu)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਜੱਸ (jassa)
        Shahmukhi script: جَسّ (jass)
    • Sindhi: jasu
      Arabic script: جَسُ
      Devanagari script: जसु
      Khudabadi script: 𑋂𑋝𑋣
  • Western Indo-Aryan:
    • Old Gujarati: जस (jasa)
      • Gujarati: જસ (jas)
      • Malvi: जस (jas)
      • Marwari: jas
        Devanagari script: जस
        Mahajani script: 𑅛𑅰
  • Southern Indo-Aryan:

Further reading

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “जस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 193
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 238
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yáśas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 604