𑀅𑀁𑀩

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit आम्र (āmrá). Cognate with Pali amba.

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) (Allahabad, Delhi-Topra, Lauriya-Araraj)

1. mango

Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Topra and Lauriya-Araraj.

Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (“mango”)
Variety	Location	Forms edit
Central	Delhi-Topra	𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
	Lauriya-Araraj	𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
	Allahabad-Kosambi	𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)

Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (“mango”)
𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) (3)

Derived terms

• *𑀅𑀁𑀩-𑀇𑀭 (*aṃba-ira)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀺𑀭 (aṃbira)
• *𑀅𑀁𑀩-𑀓 (*aṃba-ka)
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀕 (aṃbaga)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀅 (aṃbaa)
    • Konkani:

      Devanagari script: आम्बो (āmbo)

      Kannada script: ಆಂಬೊ (āmbo)

      Latin script: ambo

    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: आंबा (āṃbā)

      Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤𑘰 (āṃbā)

      • Marathi: आंबा (āmbā)
        • → Iraqi Arabic: عَمْبَة (ʿamba)
          • → Israeli Hebrew: עַמְבָּה (ʿámbā)
            • → English: amba
    • → Arabic: عَنْبَة (ʕanba), عَنْبَا (ʕanbā)
      • → Somali: cámbe
    • → Middle Persian: *anbag
      • Persian: انبه (anbe)
      • → Arabic: أَنْبَج (ʔanbaj)

Descendants

• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Assamese: আম (am)
  • Bengali: আম (am)
  • Bhojpuri:

    Devanagari script: आम (ām)

    Kaithi script: 𑂄𑂧 (ām)

  • Chakma: 𑄃𑄟𑄴 (ām)
  • Odia: ଆମ୍ବ (ambô)
  • Rohingya:

    Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴀𐴝𐴔𐴧 (amm)

    Latin script: amm

  • Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: आंब (āṃba)

    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤 (āṃba)

• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
  • Dogri:

    Devanagari script: अम्ब (amb)

    Dogra script: 𑠀𑠢𑠹𑠠 (amb)

  • Hindustani:

    Hindi: आम (ām)

    Urdu: آم (ām)

  • Kachchi: આમુ (āmu)
  • Punjabi:

    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਬ (amba)

    Shahmukhi script: اَمْب (amb)

  • Rajasthani: आंब
  • Saurashtra: ꢂꢀꢨꣁ (aṃbo)
  • Sindhi:

    Arabic script: اَنبُ

    Devanagari script: अंबु

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āmrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Prakrit

Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba), from Sanskrit आम्र (āmrá). Cognate with Pali amba.

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) m (Devanagari अंब, Kannada ಅಂಬ) (Maharastri)

1. mango (tree)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁄 (aṃbo)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā)
Accusative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀁 (aṃbaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂 (aṃbe) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā)
Instrumental	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀡 (aṃbeṇa) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀡𑀁 (aṃbeṇaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀳𑀺 (aṃbehi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (aṃbehiṃ)
Dative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀅 (aṃbāa)	—
Ablative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀑 (aṃbāo) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀉 (aṃbāu) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺 (aṃbāhi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (aṃbāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀲𑁆𑀲 (aṃbassa)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀡 (aṃbāṇa) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀡𑀁 (aṃbāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (aṃbammi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂 (aṃbe)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀲𑀼 (aṃbesu) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (aṃbesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā)

Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) n (Devanagari अंब)

1. mango (fruit)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (neuter)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀁 (aṃbaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀇𑀁 (aṃbāiṃ) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀇 (aṃbāi)
Accusative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀁 (aṃbaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀇𑀁 (aṃbāiṃ) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀇 (aṃbāi)
Instrumental	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀡 (aṃbeṇa) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀡𑀁 (aṃbeṇaṃ)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀳𑀺 (aṃbehi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (aṃbehiṃ)
Dative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀅 (aṃbāa)	—
Ablative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀑 (aṃbāo) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀉 (aṃbāu) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺 (aṃbāhi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (aṃbāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀲𑁆𑀲 (aṃbassa)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀡 (aṃbāṇa) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀡𑀁 (aṃbāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (aṃbammi) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂 (aṃbe)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀲𑀼 (aṃbesu) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (aṃbesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸 (aṃbā)	𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀇𑀁 (aṃbāiṃ) or 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀸𑀇 (aṃbāi)

Derived terms

• 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀅 (aṃbaa)
  • Konkani:

    Devanagari script: आम्बो (āmbô)

    Kannada script: ಆಂಬೊ (āmbô)

    Latin script: ambo

  • Old Marathi:

    Devanagari script: आंबा (āṃbā)

    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤𑘰 (āṃbā)

    • Marathi: आंबा (āmbā)
      • → Iraqi Arabic: عَمْبَة (ʿamba)
        • → Israeli Hebrew: עַמְבָּה (ʿámbā)
          • → English: amba
  • → Arabic: عَنْبَة (ʕanba), عَنْبَا (ʕanbā)
    • → Somali: cámbe
  • → Middle Persian: *anbag
    • Persian: انبه (anbe)
    • → Arabic: أَنْبَج (ʔanbaj)
• 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀺𑀭 (aṃbira)

Descendants

• Old Marathi:

  Devanagari script: आंब (āṃba)

  Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤 (āṃba)

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 206.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āmrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press