𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-

Sanskrit सु- (su-)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárnas

Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa)

Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Sanskrit -कार (-kāra)

Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (suvaṇṇaāra)

Inherited from Sanskrit सुवर्णकार (suvarṇakāra). Cognate with Pali suvaṇṇakāra. By surface analysis, 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (suvaṇṇa) +‎ -𑀆𑀭 (-āra).

Noun

𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (suvaṇṇaāra) m (Devanagari सुवण्णआर)

1. goldsmith

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁄 (suvaṇṇaāro)	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸 (suvaṇṇaārā)
Accusative	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀁 (suvaṇṇaāraṃ)	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂 (suvaṇṇaāre) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸 (suvaṇṇaārā)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂𑀡 (suvaṇṇaāreṇa) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 (suvaṇṇaāreṇaṃ)	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺 (suvaṇṇaārehi) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (suvaṇṇaārehiṃ)
Dative	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀅 (suvaṇṇaārāa)	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀑 (suvaṇṇaārāo) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀉 (suvaṇṇaārāu) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸 (suvaṇṇaārā) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺 (suvaṇṇaārāhi) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (suvaṇṇaārāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲 (suvaṇṇaārassa)	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀡 (suvaṇṇaārāṇa) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸𑀡𑀁 (suvaṇṇaārāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (suvaṇṇaārammi) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂 (suvaṇṇaāre)	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼 (suvaṇṇaāresu) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (suvaṇṇaāresuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (suvaṇṇaāra) or 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸 (suvaṇṇaārā)	𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭𑀸 (suvaṇṇaārā)

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (suṇṇaāra), 𑀲𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀸𑀭 (suṇṇāra)

Descendants

Descendants of 𑀲𑀼𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (suvaṇṇaāra)

• Apabhramsa: 𑆱𑆶𑆤𑇀𑆤𑆳𑆫 (sunnāra)
  • Central:
    • Hindustani: sunār

      Hindi: सुनार

      Urdu: سُنار

Descendants of *𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀆𑀭 (*sŏṇṇaāra) (compare 𑀲𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀡 (sŏṇṇa))

• Central:
  • Hindustani: sonār

    Hindi: सोनार

    Urdu: سونار

• Western:
  • Gujarati: સોનાર (sonār)

Further reading

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “सुवण्णआर”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 922.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “suvarṇakāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 779