𑀤𑁂𑀳

Prakrit

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit देह (deha). Cognate with Pali देह (deha).

    Noun

    𑀤𑁂𑀳 (deham (Devanagari देह, Kannada ದೇಹ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)

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    Declension

    Maharastri declension of 𑀤𑁂𑀳 (masculine)
    singular plural
    Nominative 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁄 (deho) 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸 (dehā)
    Accusative 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀁 (dehaṃ) 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂 (dehe) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸 (dehā)
    Instrumental 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂𑀡 (deheṇa) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (deheṇaṃ) 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (dehehi) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (dehehiṃ)
    Dative 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀅 (dehāa)
    Ablative 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀑 (dehāo) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀉 (dehāu) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸 (dehā) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (dehāhi) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (dehāhiṃto)
    Genitive 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (dehassa) 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀡 (dehāṇa) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (dehāṇaṃ)
    Locative 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (dehammi) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂 (dehe) 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (dehesu) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (dehesuṃ)
    Vocative 𑀤𑁂𑀳 (deha) or 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸 (dehā) 𑀤𑁂𑀳𑀸 (dehā)

    Descendants

    • Central Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Hindi:
    • Southern Indo-Aryan:
    • Western Indo-Aryan:
      • Old Gujarati: देहडी f (dehaḍī)
      • Old Gujarati:
        • Gujarati: દેહ m (deh)

    References

    • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “देह”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dēha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press