𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रावृष् (prāvṛṣ). Cognate with Pali pāvusa.

Noun

𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲 (pāusa) m (Devanagari पाउस, Kannada ಪಾಉಸ) (Maharastri)

1. rain, rainy season

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁄 (pāuso)	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā)
Accusative	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀁 (pāusaṃ)	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂 (pāuse) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā)
Instrumental	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀡 (pāuseṇa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (pāuseṇaṃ)	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (pāusehi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (pāusehiṃ)
Dative	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀅 (pāusāa)	—
Ablative	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀑 (pāusāo) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀉 (pāusāu) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (pāusāhi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (pāusāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (pāusassa)	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀡 (pāusāṇa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (pāusāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (pāusammi) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂 (pāuse)	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (pāusesu) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (pāusesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲 (pāusa) or 𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā)	𑀧𑀸𑀉𑀲𑀸 (pāusā)

Descendants

• Hindustani:

  Hindi: पावस (pāvas), पाउस (pāus)

  Urdu: پاوَس (pāvas)

• Konkani: pāvs

  Devanagari script: पाव्स

  Konkani: ಪಾವ್ಸ್

  Latin script: pavs

• Old Marathi: pāusa

  Devanagari script: पाउस

  Modi script: 𑘢𑘰𑘄𑘭

  • Marathi: पाऊस (pāūs)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 249.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 207.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prāvŕ̊ṣ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press