𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡
Prakrit
Alternative forms
- 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit अरण्य (áraṇya). Cognate with Pali arañña.
Noun
𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa) n (Devanagari रण्ण, Gujarati રણ્ણ, Kannada ರಣ್ಣ) (attested in Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (neuter) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇaṃ) | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (raṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (raṇṇāi) |
| Accusative | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇaṃ) | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (raṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (raṇṇāi) |
| Instrumental | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡 (raṇṇeṇa) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇeṇaṃ) | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (raṇṇehi) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (raṇṇehiṃ) |
| Dative | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀅 (raṇṇāa) | — |
| Ablative | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀑 (raṇṇāo) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀉 (raṇṇāu) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (raṇṇā) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (raṇṇāhi) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (raṇṇāhiṃto) | — |
| Genitive | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (raṇṇassa) | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡 (raṇṇāṇa) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇāṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (raṇṇammi) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (raṇṇe) | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (raṇṇesu) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (raṇṇesuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (raṇṇā) | 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (raṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (raṇṇāi) |
Descendants
- Old Gujarati: अरंन (araṃna) (< 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa))
- Gujarati: રણ (raṇ)
- Hindustani: ran
- Konkani: रान (rān)
- Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘨𑘜 (araṇa), 𑘨𑘰𑘡 (rāna)
- Marathi: रान (rān)
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 114
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 26.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áraṇya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press