𑀮𑁄𑀅

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀓 (loka), from Sanskrit लोक (loká).

Noun

𑀮𑁄𑀅 (loa) m (Devanagari लोअ, Kannada ಲೋಅ) (Maharastri)

1. world
2. people
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 32:

     𑀅𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀪𑀸𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕𑁄 𑀲𑀼𑀳𑀅 𑀢𑀼𑀏-𑀘𑁆𑀘𑁂𑀅 𑀡𑀯𑀭 𑀡𑀺𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀽𑀠𑁄
     𑀏𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀺𑀁 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀏 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁 𑀯𑀸𑀆𑀇 𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲

     aha saṃbhāviamaggo suhaa tue-ccea ṇavara ṇivvūḍho
     ĕṇhiṃ hiae aṇṇaṃ aṇṇaṃ vāāi loassa

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       What good old-fashioned honesty! But really, my dear, you’re the only one who goes in for it.
       Nowadays people think one thing and say another.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀮𑁄𑀅 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀮𑁄𑀑 (loo)	𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)
Accusative	𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀁 (loaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀏 (loe) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)
Instrumental	𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀡 (loeṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀡𑀁 (loeṇaṃ)	𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀺 (loehi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀳𑀺𑀁 (loehiṃ)
Dative	𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀅 (loāa)	—
Ablative	𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀑 (loāo) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀉 (loāu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀳𑀺 (loāhi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (loāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 (loassa)	𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀡 (loāṇa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆𑀡𑀁 (loāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀮𑁄𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (loammi) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏 (loe)	𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀲𑀼 (loesu) or 𑀮𑁄𑀏𑀲𑀼𑀁 (loesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀮𑁄𑀅 (loa) or 𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)	𑀮𑁄𑀆 (loā)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lōká¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press