𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽

Prakrit

Etymology

PIE word
*sweḱrúh₂

Inherited from Sanskrit श्वश्रू (śvaśrū́), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *swaśrúH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *swaćrúH, from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱrúh₂. Cognate with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀏 (sāsue), Pali sassū.

Noun

𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū) f (Devanagari सासू, Kannada ಸಾಸೂ) (Maharastri)

1. mother-in-law
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 493:

     𑀅𑀇𑀓𑁄𑀯𑀡𑀸-𑀯𑀺 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 𑀭𑀼𑀆𑀯𑀺𑀆 𑀕𑀅𑀯𑀈𑀅 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀏
     𑀧𑀸𑀅𑀧𑀟𑀡𑁄𑀡𑀆𑀏 𑀤𑁄𑀲𑀼-𑀯𑀺 𑀕𑀮𑀺𑀏𑀲𑀼 𑀯𑀮𑀏𑀲𑀼.

     aïkovaṇā-vi sāsū ruāviā gaavaīa sŏṇhāe
     pāapaḍaṇoṇaāe dosu-vi galiesu valaesu.

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       Even her harsh mother-in-law was moved to tears when both the girl’s bracelets
       slipped off as she fell at her feet, so long had her husband been abroad.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)
Accusative	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sāsuṃ)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀏 (sāsūe)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀳𑀺 (sāsūhi) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁 (sāsūhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (sāsūhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀏 (sāsūe)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀡 (sāsūṇa) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀡𑀁 (sāsūṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀏 (sāsūe)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀲𑀼 (sāsūsu) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀲𑀼𑀁 (sāsūsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀼 (sāsu) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)	𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽𑀑 (sāsūo) or 𑀲𑀸𑀲𑀽 (sāsū)

Descendants

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: सासु (sāsu)

  Modi script: 𑘭𑘰𑘭𑘳 (sāsu)

  • Marathi: सासू (sāsū)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 63.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śvaśrūˊ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press