𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

itthī (Latin script)
इत्थी (Devanagari script)
ইত্থী (Bengali script)
ඉත්‍ථී (Sinhalese script)
ဣတ္ထီ or ဣတ္ထဳ or ဢိတ္ထီ or ဢိတ်ထီ (Burmese script)
อิตฺถี or อิตถี (Thai script)
ᩍᨲ᩠ᨳᩦ (Tai Tham script)
ອິຕ຺ຖີ or ອິຕຖີ (Lao script)
ឥត្ថី (Khmer script)
𑄃𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻

Brahmi script form of itthī, nominative singular & nominative/vocative/accusative plural of 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (itthi, “woman”)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (itthi), 𑀣𑀻 (thī)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀇𑀣𑀻 (ithī /⁠itthī⁠/, Dhauli, Girnar, Kalsi), 𐨀𐨁𐨯𐨿𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨁 (istri, Mansehra, Shahbazgarhi), from Sanskrit 𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (strī́).^[1] Compare Pali itthi.

Noun

𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī) f (Devanagari इत्थी, Kannada ಇತ್ಥೀ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

woman
Synonyms: 𑀚𑀸𑀬𑀸 (jāyā), 𑀡𑀸𑀭𑀻 (ṇārī), 𑀫𑀳𑀺𑀮𑀸 (mahilā)
- c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti II. Saṇaṃkumāra, page 22, lines 34 – 36:
  𑀤𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀁-𑀘 𑀭𑀡𑁆𑀡-𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀁𑀫𑀺 𑀕𑀺𑀭𑀺-𑀯𑀭-𑀲𑀺𑀳𑀭𑁂 𑀫𑀡𑀺𑀫𑀬𑀔𑀁𑀪-𑀧𑀇𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁 𑀪𑀯𑀡𑀁
  𑀢𑁂𑀡 𑀘𑀺𑀁𑀢𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀇𑀬𑀁-𑀧𑀺 𑀇𑀁𑀤𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀮𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀸𑀬𑀁 𑀪𑀯𑀺𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀇-𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺
  𑀕𑀑-𑀬 𑀢𑀬𑀸𑀦𑁆𑀦𑁂 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀏 𑀓𑀭𑀼𑀡-𑀲𑀭𑁂𑀡𑀁 𑀭𑀼𑀬𑀁𑀢𑀻𑀏 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀁 𑀦𑀺𑀲𑀸𑀫𑁂𑀇
  diṭṭhaṃ-ca raṇṇa-majjhaṃmi giri-vara-sihare maṇimayakhaṃbha-païṭṭhiyaṃ divvaṃ bhavaṇaṃ
  teṇa ciṃtiyaṃ iyaṃ-pi iṃdiyālappāyaṃ bhavissaï-tti
  gao-ya tayānne itthīe karuṇa-sareṇaṃ ruyaṃtīe saddaṃ nisāmei
  And he saw in the middle of the wildwood, on the summit of a mighty mountain, a heavenly palace resting on jewel pillars.
  He reflected: “This too in all probability is full of juggling trickery”.
  And having gone near it he heard the sound of a woman weeping in a pitiful tone.

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀑 (itthīo) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)
Accusative	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀁 (itthiṃ)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀑 (itthīo) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)
Instrumental	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀏 (itthīe)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀳𑀺 (itthīhi) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁 (itthīhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀑 (itthīo)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (itthīhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀏 (itthīe)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀡 (itthīṇa) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀡𑀁 (itthīṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀏 (itthīe)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀲𑀼 (itthīsu) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀲𑀼𑀁 (itthīsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺 (itthi) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)	𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻𑀑 (itthīo) or 𑀇𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀻 (itthī)

References

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

Further reading

Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “इत्थि+इत्थी”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: .
Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 116
Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 197.

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