𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺

See also: 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺 (hasti) — Māgadhī

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हस्ती (hastī́). Cognate with Gandhari 𐨱𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨁 (hasti), Pali hatthin.

Noun

𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi) m (Devanagari हत्थि, Kannada ಹತ್ಥಿ, feminine 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑀻) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. elephant

   Synonym: 𑀕𑀅 (gaa)

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī)	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑁄 (hatthiṇo) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀑 (hatthīo) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀑 (hatthao) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀉 (hatthaü)
Accusative	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀁 (hatthiṃ)	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑁄 (hatthiṇo) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀑 (hatthao)
Instrumental	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑀸 (hatthiṇā)	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀳𑀺 (hatthīhi) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (hatthīhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀑 (hatthīo) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀉 (hatthīu) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑁄 (hatthiṇo) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (hatthīhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲 (hatthissa) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑁄 (hatthiṇo)	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀡 (hatthīṇa) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀡𑀁 (hatthīṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (hatthimmi)	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀲𑀼 (hatthīsu) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (hatthīsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (hatthi) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī)	𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀡𑁄 (hatthiṇo) or 𑀳𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (hatthī)

Descendants

• Helu Prakrit:
  • Dhivehi: އެތް (et̊)
  • Sinhalese: ඇත් (æt)
• Magadhi Prakrit:
  • Early Assamese: হাথী (hathī)
    • Assamese: হাতী (hati), হাথী (hathi)
      • → Khasi: hati
  • Middle Bengali: হাথি (hathi)
    • Bengali: হাতি (hati)
      • → Santali: ᱦᱟᱹᱛᱤ (hăti)
  • Chakma: 𑄦𑄬𑄖𑄴 (het /⁠ét⁠/)
  • Odia: ହାତୀ (hāti)
  • Rohingya: háñti
  • Sylheti: ꠀꠔ꠆ꠔꠤ (atti)
• Khasa Prakrit:
  • Nepali: हात्ती (hāttī)
• Maharastri Prakrit:
  • Old Marathi: hātī, hāthī

    Devanagari script: हाती, हाथी

    Modi script: 𑘮𑘰𑘝𑘲, 𑘮𑘰𑘞𑘲

    • Marathi: हत्ती (hattī)
• Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Hindustani: hāthī

    Hindi: हाथी

    Urdu: ہاتھی

  • Gujarati: હાથી (hāthī)
• Takka Apabhramsa:
  • Punjabi: hātthī

    Gurmukhi script: ਹਾਥੀ

    Shahmukhi script: ہاتھی

• Vracada Apabhramsa:
  • Sindhi: hāthī

    Arabic script: هَاٿِي

    Devanagari script: हाथी

References

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 289
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 157.
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “हत्थि”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 940.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hatthi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 812