𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽
Prakrit
Etymology
| PIE word |
|---|
| *sweḱrúh₂ |
Inherited from Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂. Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀏 (sāsue), Pali sassū.
Noun
𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) f (Devanagari सासू, Kannada ಸಾಸೂ) (attested in Māhārāṣṭrī)
- mother-in-law
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 493:
- 𑀅𑀇𑀓𑁄𑀯𑀡𑀸-𑀯𑀺 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 𑀭𑀼𑀆𑀯𑀺𑀆 𑀕𑀅𑀯𑀈𑀅 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀏
𑀧𑀸𑀅𑀧𑀟𑀡𑁄𑀡𑀆𑀏 𑀤𑁄𑀲𑀼-𑀯𑀺 𑀕𑀮𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀮𑀏𑀲𑀼.- aïkovaṇā-vi sāsū ruāviā gaavaīa sŏṇhāe
pāapaḍaṇoṇaāe dosu-vi galiesu valaesu.
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- Even her harsh mother-in-law was moved to tears when both the girl’s bracelets
slipped off as she fell at her feet, so long had her husband been abroad.
- Even her harsh mother-in-law was moved to tears when both the girl’s bracelets
- aïkovaṇā-vi sāsū ruāviā gaavaīa sŏṇhāe
- 𑀅𑀇𑀓𑁄𑀯𑀡𑀸-𑀯𑀺 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 𑀭𑀼𑀆𑀯𑀺𑀆 𑀕𑀅𑀯𑀈𑀅 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀏
Declension
| Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (feminine) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| Nominative | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) |
| Accusative | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sāsuṃ) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) |
| Instrumental | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀏 (sāsūe) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀳𑀺 (sāsūhi) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sāsūhiṃ) |
| Dative | — | — |
| Ablative | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sāsūhiṃto) |
| Genitive | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀏 (sāsūe) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀡 (sāsūṇa) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀡𑀁 (sāsūṇaṃ) |
| Locative | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀏 (sāsūe) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀲𑀼 (sāsūsu) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sāsūsuṃ) |
| Vocative | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼 (sāsu) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) | 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) |
Descendants
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 63
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvaśrūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press