𑀫𑀅

Prakrit

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀢 (mata), from Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá). Cognate with Pali mata.

Adjective

𑀫𑀅 (maa) (Devanagari मअ, Kannada ಮಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. dead

Verb

𑀫𑀅 (maa) (Devanagari मअ)

1. past participle of 𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï)

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀬 (maya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, 𑀫𑀼𑀤 (muda) — Śaurasenī, 𑀫𑀴 (maḷa) — Māgadhī
• 𑀫𑀼𑀅 (mua)

Derived terms

• 𑀫𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮 (maïlla)
• *𑀫𑀅-𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮-𑀅 (*maa-illa-a)
  • Old Marathi:

    Modi script: 𑘦𑘹𑘩𑘹𑘽 (meleṃ)

    Devanagari script: मेलें (meleṃ)

    • Marathi: मेले (mele)
• 𑀫𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀆 (maïlliā)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀅𑀮 (muala)
• 𑀫𑀽𑀇𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀅 (mūillaa)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मृग (mṛga).

Noun

𑀫𑀅 (maa) m (Devanagari मअ) (Śaurasenī)

1. deer

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀺𑀅 (mia)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 161
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 51.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mr̥tá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 56