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Ashokan Prakrit
Etymology
From Sanskrit ΰ€ ΰ€¦ΰ₯ΰ€― (adyΓ‘), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *HadyΓ‘s, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HadyΓ‘s, from Proto-Indo-European *hβe-dy-Γ©s. Cognate with Pali ajjΔ.
Adverb
π π (aja /ajja/)
Alternative forms
Attested at Dhauli, Girnar, Jaugada and Kalsi.
| Dialectal forms of π π (βtoday, nowβ) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Variety | Location | Forms |
| Central | Kalsi | π π /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/<span class="Brah" lang="inc-ash), π ππΈ /ajjΔ/ (ajΔ]] /ajjΔ/</spa) |
| East | Dhauli | π π /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) |
| Jaugada | π π /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) | |
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | π¨π¨ /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) |
| Mansehra | π¨π¨ /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) | |
| West | Girnar | π π /ajja/ (aja]] /ajja/</spa) |
| Map of dialectal forms of π π (βtoday, nowβ) | ||
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Descendants
- Khasa Prakrit:
- Nepali: ΰ€ΰ€ (Δj)
- Magadhi Prakrit: π π¬ππ¬ (ayya)
- Maharastri Prakrit: π
πππ (ajja)
- Konkani:
- Old Marathi:
- Devanagari script: ΰ€ΰ€ΰ€Ώ (Δji), ΰ€ΰ€ΰ€Ώΰ€ (ΔjiαΉ)
- Modi script: πππ² (ΔjΔ«), πππ²π½ (ΔjΔ«αΉ)
- Marathi: ΰ€ΰ€ΰ€Ό (ΔjΜ)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
- Sauraseni Prakrit: π πππ (ajja)
References
- Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 48.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969β1985) βadyΓ‘β, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press