Prakrit edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit ऊष्मन् (ūṣmán).

Noun edit

𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳 (umham (Devanagari उम्ह, feminine 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸)

  1. heat

Declension edit

Maharastri declension of 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳 (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁄 (umho) 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (umhā)
Accusative 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀁 (umhaṃ) 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (umhe) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (umhā)
Instrumental 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀡 (umheṇa) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀡𑀁 (umheṇaṃ) 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺 (umhehi) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (umhehiṃ)
Dative 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀅 (umhāa)
Ablative 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀑 (umhāo) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀉 (umhāu) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (umhā) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺 (umhāhi) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (umhāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀲 (umhassa) 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡 (umhāṇa) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀡𑀁 (umhāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (umhammi) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (umhe) 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼 (umhesu) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (umhesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳 (umha) or 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (umhā) 𑀉𑀫𑁆𑀳𑀸 (umhā)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

Magadhi Prakrit:
Maharastri Prakrit:
Paisaci Prakrit:
Sauraseni Prakrit:

Further reading edit

  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 233.
  • Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “उम्ब”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 169.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ūṣmán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 116