𑀪𑀸𑀉

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Prakrit

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Etymology

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PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀢𑀼 (bhātu), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (brother). Cognate with Pali bhātar.

Noun

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𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāum (Devanagari भाउ, Kannada ಭಾಉ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. brother
    • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami lines 245-246:
      𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀘 𑀓𑁂𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸-𑀲𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄!
      𑀡𑀫𑀺𑀡𑀸 𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀓𑀳𑀁 𑀫𑀫 𑀏𑀲 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀸?
      aṇṇaṃ-ca keriso jĕṭṭha-bhāuṇā-saha saṃgāmo!
      ṇamiṇā bhaṇiyaṃ kahaṃ mama esa jĕṭṭha-bhāyā?
      And another thing: ʻWhat kind of war is waged with one's elder brother
      Nami said: ʻHow is he my elder brother

Declension

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Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑀸𑀉
Singular Plural
Nominative 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā) 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Accusative 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑀁 (bhāaraṃ) 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Instrumental 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸 (bhāuṇā)
Dative
Ablative
Genitive 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑁄 (bhāuṇo)
Locative
Vocative 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā) 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Note: Many of these forms may be unattested.

Descendants

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References

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  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 148
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 276
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press