𑀕𑀸𑀫

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Ashokan Prakrit

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit ग्राम (grā́ma).

Noun

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𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāmam[1]

  1. village
    • c. 252 BCE, Aśoka, Rummindeī Minor Pillar Edict line 4:
      𑀮𑀼𑀁𑀫𑀺𑀦𑀺 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂 𑀉𑀩𑀮𑀺𑀓𑁂 𑀓𑀝𑁂 𑀅𑀞𑀪𑀸𑀕𑀺𑀬𑁂 𑀘
      luṃmini gāme ubalike kaṭe aṭhabhāgiye ca
      [Ashoka] made the village of Lumbini free of taxes, and paying [only] an eighth share [of the produce].

Alternative forms

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Attested at Delhi-Topra and Lumbini.

Dialectal forms of 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (“village”)
Variety Location Lemmas Forms
Central Delhi-Topra 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma)
Lumbini 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma)
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (“village”)
𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma) (2)

Descendants

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  • Prakrit: 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma) (see there for further descendants)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāˊma”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 235

Prakrit

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Etymology

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Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma).

Noun

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𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāmam (Devanagari गाम, Gujarati ગામ, Kannada ಗಾಮ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī)

  1. village
    • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 714:
      𑀚𑀁 𑀅𑀲𑀭𑀡𑁄-𑀯𑁆𑀯 𑀟𑀟𑁆𑀠𑁄 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄 𑀲𑀸𑀳𑀻𑀡-𑀯𑀳𑀼𑀚𑀼𑀆𑀡𑁄-𑀯𑀺
      𑀲𑀁𑀪𑀫𑀯𑀺𑀲𑀁𑀞𑀼𑀮𑀸𑀡𑀁 𑀢𑀁 𑀤𑀼𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀭𑀺𑀅𑀁 𑀢𑀼𑀳 𑀣𑀡𑀸𑀡𑀁
      jaṃ asaraṇo-vva ḍaḍḍho gāmo sāhīṇa-vahujuāṇo-vi
      saṃbhamavisaṃṭhulāṇaṃ taṃ duccariaṃ tuha thaṇāṇaṃ
      • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
        That our village burnt down as though there were no help for it,
        Despite the number of young men at hand, is the doing of your wicked breasts, which in the confusion were swaying about.

Declension

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Maharastri declension of 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (masculine)
singular plural
Nominative 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄 (gāmo) 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸 (gāmā)
Accusative 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀁 (gāmaṃ) 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂 (gāme) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸 (gāmā)
Instrumental 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡 (gāmeṇa) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀡𑀁 (gāmeṇaṃ) 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺 (gāmehi) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (gāmehiṃ)
Dative 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀅 (gāmāa)
Ablative 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀑 (gāmāo) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀉 (gāmāu) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸 (gāmā) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺 (gāmāhi) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (gāmāhiṃto)
Genitive 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀲𑁆𑀲 (gāmassa) 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡 (gāmāṇa) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑀁 (gāmāṇaṃ)
Locative 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (gāmammi) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂 (gāme) 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼 (gāmesu) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (gāmesuṃ)
Vocative 𑀕𑀸𑀫 (gāma) or 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸 (gāmā) 𑀕𑀸𑀫𑀸 (gāmā)

Descendants

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See also

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References

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