𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀬 (bālaya) — hiatus-filler, 𑀧𑀸𑀴𑀓 (pāḷaka), 𑀩𑀸𑀴𑀓 (bāḷaka) — Paisaci, 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀕 (bālaga) — Sauraseni

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बालक (bālaka). Cognate with Pali bālaka.

Noun

𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅 (bālaa) m (Devanagari बालअ, Kannada ಬಾಲಅ) (Maharastri)

1. child, boy

   Synonym: 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙 (vaccha)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀑 (bālao)	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆 (bālaā)
Accusative	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅𑀁 (bālaaṃ)	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏 (bālae) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆 (bālaā)
Instrumental	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏𑀡 (bālaeṇa) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏𑀡𑀁 (bālaeṇaṃ)	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏𑀳𑀺 (bālaehi) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (bālaehiṃ)
Dative	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀅 (bālaāa)	—
Ablative	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀑 (bālaāo) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀉 (bālaāu) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆 (bālaā) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀳𑀺 (bālaāhi) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (bālaāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (bālaassa)	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀡 (bālaāṇa) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆𑀡𑀁 (bālaāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (bālaammi) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏 (bālae)	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏𑀲𑀼 (bālaesu) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (bālaesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀅 (bālaa) or 𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆 (bālaā)	𑀩𑀸𑀮𑀆 (bālaā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bālá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 366.