𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 (maṃjara)
• 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) — Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Sauraseni

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (mārjārá). Compare Pali majjāra.

Noun

𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) m (Devanagari मंजार, Kannada ಮಂಜಾರ) (Maharastri)

1. cat
   • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 2, 132:

     𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭-𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁅 𑁈𑁧𑁩𑁨𑁈
     𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀰𑀩𑁆𑀤𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭 𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀤𑁂𑀰𑁅 𑀯𑀸 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀂𑁇 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁄 𑀯𑀁𑀚𑀭𑁄𑁇 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀱𑁂 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄𑁇

     mārjārasya maṃjara-vaṃjarau .132.
     mārjāraśabdasya maṃjara vaṃjara ityādeśau vā bhavataḥ. maṃjaro vaṃjaro. pakṣe majjāro.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄 (maṃjāro)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)
Accusative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 (maṃjāraṃ)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (maṃjāre) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (maṃjāreṇa) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maṃjāreṇaṃ)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (maṃjārehi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (maṃjārehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (maṃjārāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (maṃjārāo) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (maṃjārāu) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (maṃjārāhi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (maṃjārāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (maṃjārassa)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (maṃjārāṇa) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (maṃjārāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (maṃjārammi) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (maṃjāre)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (maṃjāresu) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (maṃjāresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) or 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)	𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (maṃjārā)

Derived terms

• *𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀇𑀆 (*maṃjāra-iā) (< Sanskrit मार्जारिका (mārjārikā))
  • Marathi: मांज़री (māñj̈rī)
  • Odia: ମଞ୍ଜାରୀ (môñjari)
• *𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀭𑀽𑀅 (*maṃjāra-rūa)
  • Marathi: मांज़रू (māñj̈rū)

Descendants

• Konkani: māj̈ar

  Devanagari script: माज़र

  Kannada script: ಮಾಜ಼ರ್

  Latin script: mazor

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: मांजिर (māṃjira)

  Modi script: 𑘦𑘰𑘽𑘕𑘲𑘨 (māṃjīra)

  • Marathi: मांज़र (māñj̈ar)
  • Varhadi: माजर (mājar)
• ⇒ Sinhalese: මැදිරියා (mædiriyā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mārjārá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 580
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 75.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 209.
• Sir Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar, Narayan Bapuji Utgikar (1929) “मंजार”, in Wilson Philological Lectures [on Sanskrit and the Derived Languages], Poona, India: Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, →OCLC, page 683