𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अरण्य (áraṇya). Cognate with Pali arañña.

Noun

𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa) n (Devanagari रण्ण, Kannada ರಣ್ಣ) (Ardhamagadhi, Maharastri, Sauraseni)

1. a jungle, forest

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇaṃ)	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (raṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (raṇṇāi)
Accusative	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇaṃ)	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (raṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (raṇṇāi)
Instrumental	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡 (raṇṇeṇa) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇeṇaṃ)	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺 (raṇṇehi) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (raṇṇehiṃ)
Dative	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀅 (raṇṇāa)	—
Ablative	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀑 (raṇṇāo) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀉 (raṇṇāu) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (raṇṇā) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺 (raṇṇāhi) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (raṇṇāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀲𑁆𑀲 (raṇṇassa)	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡 (raṇṇāṇa) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁 (raṇṇāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (raṇṇammi) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂 (raṇṇe)	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼 (raṇṇesu) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (raṇṇesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (raṇṇa) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸 (raṇṇā)	𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇𑀁 (raṇṇāiṃ) or 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀇 (raṇṇāi)

Descendants

• Old Gujarati: अरंन (araṃna) (< 𑀅𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡 (araṇṇa))
  • Gujarati: રણ (raṇ)
• Hindustani: ran

  Hindi: रन

  Urdu: رن

• Konkani: रान (rān)
• Old Marathi: 𑘀𑘨𑘜 (araṇa), 𑘨𑘰𑘡 (rāna)
  • Marathi: रान (rān)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 114.
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 26.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áraṇya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press