𑀫𑀭𑀇

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀭𑀤𑀺 (maradi) — Śaurasenī

Etymology

Prakrit verb set
𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï)
𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀇 (mārei)

Etymology tree

Sanskrit मर॑ति (márati)

Prakrit 𑀫𑀭𑀇 (maraï)

Inherited from Sanskrit मर॑ति (márati). Cognate with Pali marati.

Verb

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

1. to die

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindustani:
    • Hindi: मरना (marnā)
    • Urdu: مَرْنَا (marnā)
• Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  • Bengali–Assamese:
    • Assamese: মৰা (mora)
    • Bengali: মরা (mora)
    • Sylheti: ꠝꠞꠣ (mora)
  • Odia: ମରିବା (maribā)
• Northern Indo-Aryan:
  • Nepali: मर्नु (marnu)
• Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਮਰਨਾ (marnā)

    Shahmukhi script: مَرْنَا (marnā)

  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: مَرَڻُ (maraṇu)

    Devanagari script: मरणु (maraṇu)

• Southern Indo-Aryan:
  • Marathi: मरणे (marṇe)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: મરવું (marvũ)
  • Marwari: मरणौ (marṇau)
  • Romani: merel

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