𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀙 (macha).

Noun

𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha) m (Devanagari मच्छ, Kannada ಮಚ್ಛ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

1. fish

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁄 (maccho)	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (macchā)
Accusative	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀁 (macchaṃ)	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂 (macche) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (macchā)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀡 (maccheṇa) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀡𑀁 (maccheṇaṃ)	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀳𑀺 (macchehi) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (macchehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀅 (macchāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀑 (macchāo) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀉 (macchāu) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (macchā) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀳𑀺 (macchāhi) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (macchāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀲𑁆𑀲 (macchassa)	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀡 (macchāṇa) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸𑀡𑀁 (macchāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (macchammi) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂 (macche)	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀲𑀼 (macchesu) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (macchesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙 (maccha) or 𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (macchā)	𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀸 (macchā)

Derived terms

• *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀅 (*maccha-a)
  • Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘰𑘭𑘰 (māsā)
    • Marathi: मासा (māsā)
• *𑀫𑀘𑁆𑀙-𑀮-𑀇𑀓𑀸 (*maccha-la-ikā)
  • Hindustani: machlī

    Hindi: मछली

    Urdu: مچھلی

Descendants

• Hindustani: macch

  Hindi: मच्छ

  Urdu: مَچھ

• Old Marathi: 𑘦𑘔 (macha), 𑘦𑘓𑘿𑘔 (maccha)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mátsya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 232
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 209.