𑀫𑀭𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀭𑀤𑀺 (maradi) — Sauraseni

Etymology

Maharastri Prakrit verb set
𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï)
𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀇 (mārei)

Inherited from Sanskrit मरते (marate), मरति (marati) (compare म्रियते (mriyate)). Cognate with Pali marati.

Verb

𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï) (Devanagari मरइ, Kannada ಮರಇ) (intransitive) (Maharastri)

1. to die

Descendants

• Marathi: मरणे (marṇe)

References

• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1924) “The Prakrit Dhātv-ādēśas: According to the Western and the Eastern Schools of Prakrit Grammarians.”, in Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal‎^[1], volume VIII, number 2, Calcutta, page 148.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 342.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “máratē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press