𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• amhe (Latin script)
• अम्हे (Devanagari script)
• অম্হে (Bengali script)
• අම‍්හෙ (Sinhalese script)
• အမှေ or ဢမှေ (Burmese script)
• อมฺเห or อัมเห (Thai script)
• ᩋᨾ᩠ᩉᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ອມ຺ເຫ or ອັມເຫ (Lao script)
• អម្ហេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄟𑄴𑄦𑄬 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂

1. Brahmi script form of amhe (“we, us”), which is nominative/accusative plural of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्मे (asmé, locative of वयम् (vayám, “we”)). First attested in Middle Indo-Aryan as Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂 (asme), Pali amhe.

Pronoun

𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe) (Devanagari अम्हे, Kannada ಅಮ್ಹೇ) (Maharastri, Sauraseni)

1. we

   Synonym: (Jain Maharastri) 𑀯𑀬𑀁 (vayaṃ)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	—	𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe)
Accusative	—	𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe)
Instrumental	—	𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (amhehiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	—	𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (amhehiṃto)
Genitive	—	𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (amhāṇaṃ)
Locative	—	𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (amhesu)
Vocative	—	—
Note: Many of these forms may be unattested.

Descendants

• Garhwali: हम (ham)
• Gujarati: અમે (ame)
• Konkani: āmi

  Devanagari script: आमि

  Kannada script: ಆಮಿ

  Latin script: ami

• Old Marathi:

  Modi script: 𑘁𑘦𑘲𑘽 (āmīṃ), 𑘁𑘦𑘿𑘮𑘲 (āmhī)

  Devanagari script: आमीं (āmīṃ), आम्ही (āmhī)

  • Marathi: आम्ही (āmhī)
• Nepali: हामी (hāmī)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃), ਅਸਾਂ (asā̃)

  Shahmukhi script: اسیں, اساں

• Romani: amen, ame
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: ame
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa: अम्हे
  • Old Hindi: हम (hama), हंम (haṃma)
    • Braj: हम (ham)
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: हम (ham)

      Urdu: ہم (ham)

• Saurashtra: ꢂꢪꢶ (ami)
• Sindhi:

  Arabic script: اسين, اسان

  Devanagari script: असीं, असां

Further reading

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 155
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 299.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 39.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “amhē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43