𑀪𑀸𑀉
Prakrit
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *bʰréh₂tēr |
From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀢𑀼 (bhātu), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognate with Pali bhātar.
Noun
𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu) m (Devanagari भाउ, Kannada ಭಾಉ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- brother
- c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami lines 245-246:
- 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀘 𑀓𑁂𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸-𑀲𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄!
𑀡𑀫𑀺𑀡𑀸 𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀓𑀳𑀁 𑀫𑀫 𑀏𑀲 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀸?- aṇṇaṃ-ca keriso jĕṭṭha-bhāuṇā-saha saṃgāmo!
ṇamiṇā bhaṇiyaṃ kahaṃ mama esa jĕṭṭha-bhāyā? - And another thing: ʻWhat kind of war is waged with one's elder brother!ʼ
Nami said: ʻHow is he my elder brother?ʼ
- aṇṇaṃ-ca keriso jĕṭṭha-bhāuṇā-saha saṃgāmo!
- 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀘 𑀓𑁂𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸-𑀲𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄!
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑀸𑀉 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā) | 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro) |
| Accusative | 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑀁 (bhāaraṃ) | 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro) |
| Instrumental | 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸 (bhāuṇā) | — |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | — | — |
| Genitive | 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑁄 (bhāuṇo) | — |
| Locative | — | — |
| Vocative | 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā) | 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro) |
| Note: Many of these forms may be unattested. | ||
Descendants
- Konkani: bhāv
- Devanagari script: भाव
- Kannada script: ಭಾವ್
- Latin script: bhav
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: भाउ (bhāu), भाव (bhāva)
- Modi script: 𑘥𑘰𑘄 (bhāu), 𑘥𑘰𑘪 (bhāva)
- Marathi: भाऊ (bhāū)
References
- E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 148
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 276
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press