𑀯𑀳𑀽
Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit वधू (vadhū́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wadʰúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ-úHs, from *wedʰ- (“to bind, lead”). Cognate with Pali vadhū.
Noun
𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) f (Devanagari वहू, Kannada ವಹೂ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) |
| Accusative | 𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀁 (vahuṃ) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) |
| Instrumental | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀏 (vahūe) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺 (vahūhi) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (vahūhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (vahūhiṃto) |
| Genitive | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀏 (vahūe) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀡 (vahūṇa) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀡𑀁 (vahūṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀏 (vahūe) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀲𑀼 (vahūsu) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀲𑀼𑀁 (vahūsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀯𑀳𑀼 (vahu) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) | 𑀯𑀳𑀽𑀑 (vahūo) or 𑀯𑀳𑀽 (vahū) |
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 141
- Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 13.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vadhūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press