Ashokan Prakrit
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Etymology
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From Sanskrit यदि (yádi, “if”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hyádi. Cognate with Pali yadi.
Conjunction
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𐨩𐨡𐨁 (yadi) (Shahbazgarhi)
- if
c. 257 BCE, Aśoka,
Major Rock Edict 9 line 20:
- 𐨩𐨡𐨁 𐨤𐨂𐨣 𐨟𐨎 𐨀𐨛𐨎 𐨣 𐨣𐨁𐨬𐨚𐨅 𐨀𐨁𐨀 𐨀𐨠 𐨤𐨪𐨟𐨿𐨪 𐨀𐨣𐨎𐨟𐨎 𐨤𐨂𐨙𐨎 𐨤𐨿𐨪𐨯𐨬𐨟𐨁
- yadi puna taṃ aṭhaṃ na nivaṭe ia atha paratra anaṃtaṃ puñaṃ prasavati
- But if one does not attain [by it] his object in this [world], then endless merit is produced in the other [world].
Descendants
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- Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀬𑀇 (yaï), 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (yadi)
- Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï)
- Old Bengali: জই
- Old Gujarati: जइ (jaï)
- Marwari: जे (je), जै (jai), जइ (jai)
- Maithili:
- Devanagari script: जँ (jã), जऽ (ja²), ज' (ja')
- Tirhuta script: 𑒖𑒿 (jã), 𑒖𑓄, 𑒖' (ja')
- Old Marathi: jaiṃ
- Devanagari script: जैं
- Modi script: 𑘕𑘺𑘽
- Marathi: जई (jaī) (poetic)
- Old Punjabi: ਜਿ (ji), ਜੇ (je)
- Punjabi: jē
- Gurmukhi script: ਜੇ
- Shahmukhi script: جے
- ⇒ Old Punjabi: ਜੇਕਰਿ (jēkari)
- Sindhi: je
- Arabic script: جي
- Devanagari script: जे
- Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀚𑀇 (jaï), 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi)
References
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- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
