𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀼𑀲 (māṇusa)
Etymology
From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyà) (compare मानुष (mā́nuṣa)). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀰 (maṇuśśa), Pali manussa.
Noun
𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa) m (Devanagari मणुस्स, Kannada ಮಣುಸ್ಸ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- human being
- man
- Synonym: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (masculine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (maṇusso) | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) |
| Accusative | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (maṇussaṃ) | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (maṇusse) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) |
| Instrumental | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡 (maṇusseṇa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maṇusseṇaṃ) | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (maṇussehi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (maṇussehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀅 (maṇussāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀑 (maṇussāo) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀉 (maṇussāu) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (maṇussāhi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (maṇussāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussassa) | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡 (maṇussāṇa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (maṇussāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (maṇussammi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (maṇusse) | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (maṇussesu) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (maṇussesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) | 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) |
Descendants
- Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘡𑘳𑘭 (mānusa), 𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘳𑘭 (māṇusa)
- Marathi: माणूस (māṇūs) (from the alternative form 𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘳𑘭 (māṇusa))
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manuṣyà”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 222
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 21.