π¦π
Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
Etymology tree
Inherited from Sanskrit ΰ€¨ΰ₯ (no).
Particle
π¦π (no)
- nor, and not, indeed not; introduces a negated main clause
- c. 258 BCE, AΕoka, Minor Rock Edict 1 Brahmagiri.3:
- π¦π π’πΌ ππ π©πΈπ π π§πππππ’π π³πΌπ²π πππ π²π―πππ
- no tu kho bΔαΈhaαΉ prakaαΉte husaαΉ ekaαΉ savacharaαΉ
- 1925 translation by Eugen Hultzsch
- But indeed I had not been very zealous for one year.
- π¦π π’πΌ ππ π©πΈπ π π§πππππ’π π³πΌπ²π πππ π²π―πππ
Alternative forms
Attested at Ahraura, Bahapur, Bairat, Brahmagiri, Gujarra, Nittur, Panguraria, Rajula-Mandagiri, Rupnath, Sahasram, Siddapura, Udegolam and Yerragudi.
| Dialectal forms of π¦π (βand notβ) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Lemmas | Forms |
| Central | Rupnath | π¦π (no) | |
| Bairat | π¦π (no) | ?π¦π (no) | |
| Sahasram | π¦π (no) | ?π¦π (no) | |
| Gujarra | π¦π (no) | ||
| Panguraria | π¦π (no) | ||
| Bahapur | π¦π (no) | ||
| Ahraura | π¦π (no) | ?π¦π (no) | |
| South | Yerragudi | π¦π (no) | |
| Siddapura | π¦π (no) | ||
| Brahmagiri | π¦π (no) | ||
| Rajula-Mandagiri | π¦π (no) | ||
| Udegolam | π¦π (no) | ?π¦π (no) | |
| Nittur | π¦π (no) | ?π¦π (no) | |
| Gavimath | π‘π (αΉo) | ||
| Palkigundu | π‘π (αΉo) | ||
| Map of dialectal forms of π¦π (βand notβ) | ||
|---|---|---|
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π¦π (no) (13) π‘π (αΉo) (2) | ||
References
- Andersen, Paul Kent (1990) βnoβ, in Studies in the Minor Rock Edicts of AΕoka, Freiburg: Hedwig Falk, page 156