𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit प्रावृष् (prāvṛṣ). Cognate with Pali pāvusa.
Noun
𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲 (pāusa) m (Devanagari पाउस, Kannada ಪಾಉಸ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁄 (pāuso) | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā) |
| Accusative | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀁 (pāusaṃ) | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂 (pāuse) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀡 (pāuseṇa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (pāuseṇaṃ) | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (pāusehi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (pāusehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀅 (pāusāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀑 (pāusāo) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀉 (pāusāu) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (pāusāhi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (pāusāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (pāusassa) | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀡 (pāusāṇa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (pāusāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (pāusammi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂 (pāuse) | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (pāusesu) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (pāusesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲 (pāusa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā) | 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā) |
Descendants
- Hindustani:
- Hindi: पावस (pāvas), पाउस (pāus)
- Urdu: پاوَس (pāvas)
- Konkani: pāvs
- Old Marathi: pāusa
- Devanagari script: पाउस
- Modi script: 𑘢𑘰𑘄𑘭
- Marathi: पाऊस (pāūs)
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 249
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 207.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prāvŕ̊ṣ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press