𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀼𑀲 (māṇusa)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मनुष्य (manuṣyá) (compare मानुष (mā́nuṣa)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *manuṣyás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *manušyás, from Proto-Indo-European *mon- (“man”). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀰𑁆𑀰 (maṇuśśa), Pali manussa.

Noun

𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa) m (Devanagari मणुस्स, Kannada ಮಣುಸ್ಸ) (Maharastri)

1. human being
2. man

   Synonym: 𑀡𑀭 (ṇara)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁄 (maṇusso)	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)
Accusative	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀁 (maṇussaṃ)	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (maṇusse) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡 (maṇusseṇa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maṇusseṇaṃ)	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺 (maṇussehi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (maṇussehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀅 (maṇussāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀑 (maṇussāo) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀉 (maṇussāu) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺 (maṇussāhi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (maṇussāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussassa)	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡 (maṇussāṇa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸𑀡𑀁 (maṇussāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (maṇussammi) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂 (maṇusse)	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼 (maṇussesu) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (maṇussesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṇussa) or 𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)	𑀫𑀡𑀼𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀸 (maṇussā)

Descendants

• Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘡𑘳𑘭 (mānusa), 𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘳𑘭 (māṇusa)
  • Marathi: माणूस (māṇūs) (from the alternative form 𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘳𑘭 (māṇusa))

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “manuṣyà”, 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 222.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 21.