𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra) — Maharastri

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (mārjārá). Cognate with Pali majjāra.

Noun

𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) m (Devanagari मज्जार, Kannada ಮಜ್ಜಾರ, feminine 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀻) (Ardhamagadhi, Jain Maharastri, Sauraseni)

1. cat
   • c. 700 CE, Haribhadra, Maṇipati-Carita 83:

     𑀅𑀳 𑀢𑁂𑀲𑀺𑀁 𑀅𑀤𑀽𑀭𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀩𑀺𑀮𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀧𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁂𑀇 𑀚𑀼𑀦𑁆𑀦-𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄
     𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀁𑀢-𑀲𑀼𑀈-𑀓𑀼𑀲𑀸𑀮𑁄 𑀉𑀁𑀤𑀽𑀭-𑀫𑁆-𑀆𑀇𑀡 𑀔𑀬-𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀻

     aha tesiṃ adūraṃmi bilaṃmi pavisei junna-majjāro
     diṭṭhaṃta-suī-kusālo uṃdūra-m-āiṇa khaya-kārī

     • 1959 translation by Robert Hamilton Blair Williams

       Not far away from them an aged cat was just going into his lair;
       he was versed in parables and learned lore and had brought about the destruction of many mice and other creatures.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁄 (majjāro)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)
Accusative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀁 (majjāraṃ)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (majjāre) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)
Instrumental	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡 (majjāreṇa) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (majjāreṇaṃ)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (majjārehi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (majjārehiṃ)
Dative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀅 (majjārāa)	—
Ablative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀑 (majjārāo) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀉 (majjārāu) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (majjārāhi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (majjārāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (majjārassa)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡 (majjārāṇa) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (majjārāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (majjārammi) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂 (majjāre)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (majjāresu) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (majjāresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra) or 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)	𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭𑀸 (majjārā)

Derived terms

• Prakrit: *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀇𑀆 ~ *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀇𑀕𑀸 (*majjāra-iā ~ *majjāra-igā) (< Sanskrit मार्जारिका (mārjārikā))
  • Middle Gujarati: मंजारि, मंजारी
    • Gujarati: મંજારી (mañjārī)
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: मंजारी (mañjārī)

    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅧𑅛𑅭𑅑 (mnjri)

  • Saurashtra: ꢪꢛ꣄ꢙꢶꢬꢶ (mañjiri)
• Prakrit: *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀅 ~ *𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭-𑀕 (*majjāra-a ~ *majjāra-ga) (< Sanskrit मार्जारक (mārjāraka))
  • Marwari:

    Devanagari script: मांजरौ (māñjrau)

    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅧𑅛𑅭𑅒 (mnjru)

Descendants

• Middle Gujarati: मंजार
  • Gujarati: મંજાર (mañjār)
• Hindustani: mañjār

  Hindi: मँजार

  Urdu: منجار

• Old Punjabi: ਮੰਜਾਰੁ (maṃjāru)
  • Punjabi: ਮਾਂਜਾਰ (māñjār)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majjāra”, 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.
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “मज्जार”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 667.