𑀨𑀡𑀲

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀡𑀲 (paṇasa)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पनस (panasá).

Noun

𑀨𑀡𑀲 (phaṇasa) m (Devanagari फणस)

1. jackfruit or breadfruit

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀨𑀡𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁄 (phaṇaso)	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸 (phaṇasā)
Accusative	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀁 (phaṇasaṃ)	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂 (phaṇase) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸 (phaṇasā)
Instrumental	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂𑀡 (phaṇaseṇa) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (phaṇaseṇaṃ)	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (phaṇasehi) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (phaṇasehiṃ)
Dative	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀅 (phaṇasāa)	—
Ablative	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀑 (phaṇasāo) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀉 (phaṇasāu) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸 (phaṇasā) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (phaṇasāhi) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (phaṇasāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (phaṇasassa)	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀡 (phaṇasāṇa) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (phaṇasāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (phaṇasammi) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂 (phaṇase)	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (phaṇasesu) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (phaṇasesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀨𑀡𑀲 (phaṇasa) or 𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸 (phaṇasā)	𑀨𑀡𑀲𑀸 (phaṇasā)

Descendants

• Gujarati: ફણસ (phaṇas)
• Hindustani: phanas

  Hindi: फनस

  Urdu: پَھنَس (phanas)

• Marathi: फणस (phaṇas)
• Marwari: फणस (phaṇas)
• → Swahili: fenesi (< New Indo-Aryan phanas/phaṇas)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “फणस”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “phaṇasa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press