𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼
Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit बन्धु (bándhu). Cognate with Pali bandhu.
Noun
𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼 (baṃdhu) m (Devanagari बंधु, Kannada ಬಂಧು) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽 (baṃdhū) | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀡𑁄 (baṃdhuṇo) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽 (baṃdhū) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀑 (baṃdhūo) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀑 (baṃdhao) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀉 (baṃdhaü) |
| Accusative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀁 (baṃdhuṃ) | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀡𑁄 (baṃdhuṇo) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽 (baṃdhū) |
| Instrumental | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀡𑀸 (baṃdhuṇā) | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀳𑀺 (baṃdhūhi) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (baṃdhūhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀑 (baṃdhūo) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀉 (baṃdhūu) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀡𑁄 (baṃdhuṇo) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (baṃdhussa) | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀡 (baṃdhūṇa) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀡𑀁 (baṃdhūṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (baṃdhummi) | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀲𑀼 (baṃdhūsu) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽𑀲𑀼𑀁 (baṃdhūsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀼 (baṃdhu) or 𑀩𑀁𑀥𑀽 (baṃdhū) | — |
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 270
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bándhu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press