Ashokan Prakrit

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit अहम् (ahám), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *aȷ́ʰám, from Proto-Indo-European *eǵHóm.

Pronoun

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𐨀𐨱𐨎 (ahaṃ) (Shahbazgarhi)

  1. I

Alternative forms

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Attested at Shahbazgarhi.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (“I”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
Delhi-Topra 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
East Dhauli 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
Jaugada 𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨀𐨱𐨎 (ahaṃ)
Mansehra 𐨀𐨀𐨎 (aaṃ)
West Girnar 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (“I”)
 
𑀳𑀓𑀁 (hakaṃ) (4)
𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ) (1)
𐨀𐨀𐨎 (aaṃ) (1)
𐨀𐨱𐨎 (ahaṃ) (1)

Descendants

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  • Gandhari: 𐨀𐨱 (aha)

Niya Prakrit

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Etymology

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Sanskritisation of 𐨀𐨱𐨂 (ahu).

Pronoun

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𐨀𐨱𐨎 (ahaṃ)[1]

  1. Alternative spelling of 𐨀𐨱𐨂 (ahu)

References

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  1. ^ Thomas Burrow (1937) The Language of the Kharosthi Documents from Chinese Turkestan[1], London: Cambridge University Press, page 32