𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (muttia)
• 𑀫𑁴𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (mŏttiya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑁅𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀓 (mauktika).

Noun

𑀫𑁴𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia) n (Devanagari मोत्तिअ, Kannada ಮೊತ್ತಿಅ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. a pearl

   Synonym: 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸 (muttā)

   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 310:

     𑀡 𑀕𑀼𑀡𑁂𑀡 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀇 𑀚𑀡𑁄 𑀳𑀻𑀭𑀇 𑀚𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀡 𑀪𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀑 𑀢𑁂𑀡
     𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀽𑀡 𑀧𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀁𑀤𑀸 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 𑀕𑀼𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀉 𑀕𑁂𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀁𑀢𑀺

     ṇa guṇeṇa hīraï jaṇo hīraï jo jeṇa bhāvio teṇa
     mŏttūṇa puliṃdā mŏttiāi guṃjāu gĕṇhaṃti

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       People are not captivated by true qualities but by what takes their fancy.
       The Pulindas brush pearls aside but seize upon the guñja seeds the jeweler uses as weights.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀁 (mŏttiaṃ)	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (mŏttiāiṃ) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 (mŏttiāi)
Accusative	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀁 (mŏttiaṃ)	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (mŏttiāiṃ) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 (mŏttiāi)
Instrumental	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀡 (mŏttieṇa) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀡𑀁 (mŏttieṇaṃ)	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺 (mŏttiehi) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (mŏttiehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀅 (mŏttiāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀑 (mŏttiāo) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀉 (mŏttiāu) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆 (mŏttiā) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺 (mŏttiāhi) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (mŏttiāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (mŏttiassa)	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀡 (mŏttiāṇa) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀡𑀁 (mŏttiāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (mŏttiammi) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏 (mŏttie)	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼 (mŏttiesu) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (mŏttiesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆 (mŏttiā)	𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇𑀁 (mŏttiāiṃ) or 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀆𑀇 (mŏttiāi)

Descendants

Terms inherited from 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia)

• Ahirani: मोती (motī)
• Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मोत्तिउ (mottiu)
  • Braj: मोती (motī)
  • Hindustani: motī

    Hindi: मोती

    Urdu: موتِی (motī)

  • →? Tibetan: མུ་ཏིག (mu tig)
• Assamese: মোতি (müti)
• Middle Bengali: মুতি (muti)
  • Bengali: মোতি (mōti) (< Hindustani موتِی (motī) / मोती (motī))
• Dogri: motī

  Devanagari script: मोती

  Dogra script: 𑠢𑠵𑠙𑠮

• Old Gujarati: मोती (motī)
  • Gojri: موتی (motī)
  • Gujarati: મોતી (motī)
  • Malvi: मोती (motī)
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: मोती (motī)

    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅔𑅣𑅑 (moti)

• Kachchi: મોતી (motī)
• Konkani: motī̃

  Devanagari script: मोतीं

  Kannada script: ಮೊತಿಂ

  Latin script: motim

• Maithili: mōti

  Devanagari script: मोति

  Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒼𑒞𑒱

• Old Marathi: motī

  Devanagari script: मोती

  Modi script: 𑘦𑘻𑘝𑘲

  • Marathi: मोती (motī)
• Nepali: मोती (motī)
• Odia: ମୋତି (moti)
• Old Punjabi: ਮੋਤੀ (motī)
  • Punjabi: motī

    Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਤੀ

    Shahmukhi script: موتی

• Sindhi: motī

  Arabic script: موتِي

  Devanagari script: मोती

  Khudawadi script: 𑋗𑋧𑋍𑋢

Further reading

• Misra, Bal Govind (1967) Historical Phonology of Modern Standard Hindi: Proto-Indo-European to the Present, Cornell University, page 119
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 61, 191, 390
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mauktika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 598