𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• majjhaṃ (Latin script)
• मज्झं (Devanagari script)
• মজ্ঝং (Bengali script)
• මජ‍්ඣං (Sinhalese script)
• မဇ္ဈံ or မဇ္ၛံ or မၹ္ꧢံ or မၹ်ꧢံ (Burmese script)
• มชฺฌํ or มัชฌัง (Thai script)
• ᨾᨩ᩠ᨫᩴ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຊ຺ຌໍ or ມັຊຌັງ (Lao script)
• មជ្ឈំ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄎𑄴𑄏𑄁 (Chakma script)

Adjective

𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁

1. Brahmi script form of majjhaṃ, which is inflection of 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛:
   1. nominative singular neuter
   2. accusative singular masculine/neuter (majjha, “middle”)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀳𑀁 (mahaṃ)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀳𑁆𑀬𑀫𑁆 (máhyam).

Pronoun

𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 (majjhaṃ) (Devanagari मज्झं, Kannada ಮಜ್ಝಂ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. genitive of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ, “I”): my, mine
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 749:

     𑀆𑀫𑁄𑀟𑀊𑀡 𑀩𑀮𑀸𑀉 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁 𑀕𑀑-𑀲𑀺 𑀪𑁄 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅
     𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀆𑀉 𑀚𑀇-𑀅 𑀡𑀻𑀳𑀲𑀺 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀁 𑀢𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀛 𑀚𑀸𑀡𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁

     āmoḍaūṇa balāu hatthaṃ majjhaṃ gao-si bho pahia
     hiaāu jaï-a ṇīhasi sāmatthaṃ tujjha jāṇissaṃ

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Having wrenched yourself from my grip, you left for the road,
       But only when you manage to escape from my heart as well will I acknowledge your power.

Descendants

• Old Marathi: maja, mājhe

  Devanagari script: मज, माझे

  Modi script: 𑘦𑘕, 𑘦𑘰𑘖𑘹

  • Marathi: माझे (mājhe)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मज्झु (majjhu)
  • Hindustani: mujh

    Hindi: मुझ

    Urdu: مُجھ

• Sindhi:

  Devanagari script: मुहिंॼो m sg (muhinjjo, “my, mine”)

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 296
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 39.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majjhaṁ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 554