𑀇𑀥

Ashokan Prakrit

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰe- (“here”).[1] Cognate with Pali idha, Sanskrit इह (ihá).

Adverb

𑀇𑀥 (idha) (Girnar)

  1. here
    • c. 257 BCE, Aśoka, Girnar Major Rock Edict I line 2-3:
      𑀇𑀥 𑀦 𑀓𑀺𑀁𑀘𑀺 𑀚𑀻𑀯𑀁 𑀆𑀭𑀪𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀧𑀸 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀚𑀽𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀁
      idha na kiṃci jīvaṃ ārabhitpā prajūhitavyaṃ
      no living thing must be killed and sacrificed here

Alternative forms

Attested at Girnar.

Dialectal forms of 𑀇𑀥 (“here”)
Variety Location Forms
Central Kalsi 𑀳𑀺𑀤 (hida), 𑀳𑀺𑀤𑀸 (hidā)
Delhi-Topra 𑀳𑀺𑀤 (hida)
Lumbini 𑀳𑀺𑀤 (hida)
Rupnath 𑀳𑀤 probably scribal error (hada]] probably scribal error</spa)
East Dhauli 𑀳𑀺𑀤 (hida)
Jaugada 𑀳𑀺𑀤 (hida)
Northwest Shahbazgarhi 𐨀𐨁𐨀 (ia), 𐨀𐨁𐨱 (iha), 𐨱𐨁𐨡 (hida)
Mansehra 𐨀𐨁𐨀 (ia), 𐨀𐨁𐨱 (iha), 𐨱𐨁𐨡 (hida)
West Girnar 𑀇𑀥 (idha)
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀇𑀥 (“here”)
𑀳𑀺𑀤 (hida) (5)
𐨀𐨁𐨱 (iha) (2)
𐨱𐨁𐨡 (hida) (2)
𐨀𐨁𐨀 (ia) (2)
𑀇𑀥 (idha) (1)
𑀳𑀺𑀤𑀸 (hidā) (1)
𑀳𑀤 (hada) (1)

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀳 (iha)
  • Khasa Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀇𑀥 (idha)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀇𑀳 (iha)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀇𑀥 (idha)
  • Sindhi: हेॾे (hede), हेॾाॉं (hedā̃), हेॾ (heda)

References
  1. Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University

Further reading
  • Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 130.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ihá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • idha (Latin script)
  • इध (Devanagari script)
  • ইধ (Bengali script)
  • ඉධ (Sinhalese script)
  • ဣဓ or ဢိꩪ (Burmese script)
  • อิธ or อิธะ (Thai script)
  • ᩍᨵ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອິຘ or ອິຘະ (Lao script)
  • ឥធ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄨𑄙 (Chakma script)

Adverb

𑀇𑀥 (idha)

  1. Brahmi script form of idha (“here”)
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