๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š n

  1. Brahmi script form of majja (โ€œintoxicantโ€)

Declension

Verb

๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š

  1. Brahmi script form of majja, which is second-person singular imperative active of ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ข๐‘€บ (majjati, โ€œto be intoxicatedโ€)
  2. Brahmi script form of majja, which is second-person singular imperative active of ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ข๐‘€บ (majjati, โ€œto wipeโ€)

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit เคฎเคฆเฅเคฏ (mรกdya).

Noun

๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š (majjan (Devanagari เคฎเคœเฅเคœ)

  1. liquor, intoxicant

Declension

Maharastri declension of ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š (neuter)
singular plural
Nominative ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ (majjaแนƒ) ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡๐‘€ (majjฤiแนƒ) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡ (majjฤi)
Accusative ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ (majjaแนƒ) ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡๐‘€ (majjฤiแนƒ) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡ (majjฤi)
Instrumental ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ก (majjeแน‡a) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ก๐‘€ (majjeแน‡aแนƒ) ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (majjehi) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€ (majjehiแนƒ)
Dative ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€… (majjฤa) โ€”
Ablative ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‘ (majjฤo) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‰ (majjฤu) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ (majjฤ) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ (majjฤhi) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€ณ๐‘€บ๐‘€๐‘€ข๐‘„ (majjฤhiแนƒto) โ€”
Genitive ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ฒ๐‘†๐‘€ฒ (majjassa) ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก (majjฤแน‡a) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€ก๐‘€ (majjฤแน‡aแนƒ)
Locative ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ซ๐‘†๐‘€ซ๐‘€บ (majjammi) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚ (majje) ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ (majjesu) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘‚๐‘€ฒ๐‘€ผ๐‘€ (majjesuแนƒ)
Vocative ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š (majja) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ (majjฤ) ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡๐‘€ (majjฤiแนƒ) or ๐‘€ซ๐‘€š๐‘†๐‘€š๐‘€ธ๐‘€‡ (majjฤi)

Descendants

  • Hindustani: mฤรฑjฤ
    Hindi: เคฎเคพเคเคœเคพ
    Urdu: ู…ุงู†ู˜ุฌุง
  • Old Marathi: mฤja
    Devanagari script: เคฎเคพเคœ
    Modi script: ๐‘˜ฆ๐‘˜ฐ๐‘˜•

Further reading

  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923โ€“1928) โ€œเคฎเคœเฅเคœโ€, in เคชเคพเค‡เค…-เคธเคฆเฅเคฆ-เคฎเคนเคฃเฅเคฃเคตเฅ‹ [pฤia-sadda-mahaแน‡แน‡avo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969โ€“1985) โ€œmadyaโ€, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press