𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳

• 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀡 (majjhaṇṇa) — Maharastri, Sauraseni, Magadhi

Inherited from Sanskrit 𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀦 (madhyāhna). Cognate with Pali majjhanha, majjhaṇha.

𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳 (majjhaṇha) m (Devanagari मज्झण्ह, Gujarati મજ્ઝણ્હ, Kannada ಮಜ್ಝಣ್ಹ) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Śaurasenī)

1. noon, midday
   • c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 399:

     𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲-𑀯𑀺 𑀕𑀺𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲 𑀳𑀭𑀇 𑀲𑀁𑀢𑀸𑀯𑀁
     𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺𑀅𑀚𑀸𑀆𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀫𑀅𑀁𑀓𑀚𑁄𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀸𑀚𑀮𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀯𑀳𑁄

     majjhaṇhapatthiassa-vi gimhe pahiassa haraï saṃtāvaṃ
     hiaaṭṭhiajāāmuhamaaṃkajŏṇhājalappavaho

     • 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken

       In the midday heat of summer the mere thought of the refreshing stream of cool moonlight
       From his wife’s round face restores the traveler.

   • c. 1088 – 1173, Hemachandra, Siddha-Hema-Śabdanuśāśana Chapter 8 2, 84:

     𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀦𑁂 𑀳𑀂 𑁈𑁮𑁪𑁈
     𑀫𑀥𑁆𑀬𑀸𑀳𑁆𑀦𑁂 𑀳𑀲𑁆𑀬 𑀮𑀼𑀕𑁆 𑀯𑀸 𑀪𑀯𑀢𑀺𑁇 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀦𑁆𑀦𑁄 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀛𑀡𑁆𑀳𑁄𑁇

     madhyāhne haḥ .84.
     madhyāhne hasya lug vā bhavati. majjhanno majjhaṇho.

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923–1928) “मज्झ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: , page 668.
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, pages 159, 230
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 22.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “madhyāhna”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 564