𑀚𑀇

See also: 𑀚𑀸𑀇

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𐨩𐨡𐨁 (yadi). Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀤𑀺 (jadi), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀬𑀇 (yaï), 𑀬𑀤𑀺 (yadi), Pali yadi.

Conjunction

𑀚𑀇 (jaï) (Devanagari जइ, Kannada ಜಇ) (Maharastri)

1. if
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 343:

     𑀚𑀇 𑀲𑁄 𑀡 𑀯𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳𑁄-𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀅 𑀕𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀳𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀢𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀲𑀳𑀺 𑀓𑀻𑀲
     𑀳𑁄𑀇 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀁 𑀢𑁂 𑀭𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀭-𑀨𑀁𑀲𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀁-𑀯 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑀭𑀲𑀁

     jaï so ṇa vallaho-ccia gŏttaggahaṇeṇa tassa sahi kīsa
     hoi muhaṃ te raviara-phaṃsavisaṭṭaṃ-va tāmarasaṃ

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       If he is not dear to you, how comes it, my friend, that at the mere mention of his name
       Your face opens like a lotus touched by the rays of the sun?

Descendants

• 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

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 113.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 10.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “yádi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 602