𑀤𑀸𑀭
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀤𑀼𑀯𑀸𑀭 (duvāra), 𑀤𑀼𑀆𑀭 (duāra) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra). Cognate with Pali dvāra.
Noun
𑀤𑀸𑀭 (dāra) n (Devanagari दार, Kannada ದಾರ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- door, gate, entrance
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 140:
- 𑀭𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀧𑀇𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀡𑀅𑀡𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀮𑀸 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 𑀲𑀸 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀏 𑀏𑀁𑀢𑀁
𑀤𑀸𑀭-𑀡𑀺𑀳𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺 𑀤𑁄𑀳𑀺-𑀯𑀺 𑀫𑀁𑀕𑀮𑀓𑀮𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 𑀯 𑀣𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁- racchāpaïṇṇaṇaaṇuppalā tumaṃ sā paḍicchae eṃtaṃ
dāra-ṇihiehi dohi-vi maṃgalakalasehi va thaṇehiṃ
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- Leaning on the door, looking out for you, she decorates the house for your return:
Her breasts two vases of plenty and her eyes lotus petals strewn on the street.
- Leaning on the door, looking out for you, she decorates the house for your return:
- racchāpaïṇṇaṇaaṇuppalā tumaṃ sā paḍicchae eṃtaṃ
- 𑀭𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀧𑀇𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀡𑀅𑀡𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀮𑀸 𑀢𑀼𑀫𑀁 𑀲𑀸 𑀧𑀟𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀏 𑀏𑀁𑀢𑀁
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (neuter) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀁 (dāraṃ) | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 (dārāiṃ) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀇 (dārāi) |
| Accusative | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀁 (dāraṃ) | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 (dārāiṃ) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀇 (dārāi) |
| Instrumental | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (dāreṇa) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (dāreṇaṃ) | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (dārehi) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dārehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (dārāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (dārāo) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (dārāu) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸 (dārā) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (dārāhi) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (dārāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (dārassa) | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (dārāṇa) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (dārāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (dārammi) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂 (dāre) | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (dāresu) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (dāresuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀤𑀸𑀭 (dāra) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸 (dārā) | 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀇𑀁 (dārāiṃ) or 𑀤𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀇 (dārāi) |
Descendants
- Konkani: dār
- Old Marathi:
- Modi script: 𑘟𑘰𑘨 (dāra), 𑘟𑘰𑘨𑘹𑘽 (dāreṃ)
- Devanagari script: दार (dāra), दारें (dāreṃ)
- Marathi: दार (dār)
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 208
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 23.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dvāˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press