𑀪𑀸𑀉

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Prakrit

Etymology

PIE word
*bʰréh₂tēr

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀪𑀸𑀢𑀼 (bhātu), from Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrā́tṛ), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *bʰráHtā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”). Cognate with Pali bhātar.

Noun

𑀪𑀸𑀉 (bhāu) m (Devanagari भाउ, Kannada ಭಾಉ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)

  1. brother
    • c. 1122 – 1123, Devendra, Uttarādhyayana-Vṛtti VI. Nami lines 245-246:
      𑀅𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀁-𑀘 𑀓𑁂𑀭𑀺𑀲𑁄 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸-𑀲𑀳 𑀲𑀁𑀕𑀸𑀫𑁄!
      𑀡𑀫𑀺𑀡𑀸 𑀪𑀡𑀺𑀬𑀁 𑀓𑀳𑀁 𑀫𑀫 𑀏𑀲 𑀚𑁂𑀝𑁆𑀞-𑀪𑀸𑀬𑀸?
      aṇṇaṃ-ca keriso jĕṭṭha-bhāuṇā-saha saṃgāmo!
      ṇamiṇā bhaṇiyaṃ kahaṃ mama esa jĕṭṭha-bhāyā?
      And another thing: ʻWhat kind of war is waged with one's elder brother!ʼ
      Nami said: ʻHow is he my elder brother?ʼ

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀪𑀸𑀉
Singular Plural
Nominative 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā) 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Accusative 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑀁 (bhāaraṃ) 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Instrumental 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑀸 (bhāuṇā) —
Dative — —
Ablative — —
Genitive 𑀪𑀸𑀉𑀡𑁄 (bhāuṇo) —
Locative — —
Vocative 𑀪𑀸𑀆 (bhāā) 𑀪𑀸𑀅𑀭𑁄 (bhāaro)
Note: Many of these forms may be unattested.

Descendants

References

  • E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎, London: Trübner & Co., page 148
  • Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 276
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhrāˊtr̥”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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