𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼
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Prakrit
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit ऋजु (ṛjú, “straight”). Cognate with Pali uju.
Adjective
𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼 (ujju) (Devanagari उज्जु, Gujarati ઉજ્જુ, Kannada ಉಜ್ಜು) (Ardhamāgadhī, Māhārāṣṭrī)
- straight
- c. 200 CE – 600 CE, Hāla, Gāhā Sattasaī 476:
- 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼-𑀅𑀭𑀏 𑀡 𑀢𑀽𑀲𑀇 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺-𑀯𑀺 𑀆𑀅𑀫𑀁 𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁂𑀇
𑀏𑀢𑁆𑀣 𑀅𑀳𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀸𑀇 𑀫𑀏 𑀧𑀺𑀏 𑀧𑀺𑀅𑀁 𑀓𑀳 𑀡𑀼 𑀓𑀸𑀅𑀯𑁆𑀯𑀁?- ujju-arae ṇa tūsaï vaṃkammi-vi āamaṃ viappei
ĕttha ahavvāi mae pie piaṃ kaha ṇu kāavvaṃ?
- 2009 translation by Peter Khoroche and Herman Tieken
- Straightforward pleasure doesn’t satisfy him, he says, and if I spice it up, he wonders who taught me that.
As I always get it wrong, how will I ever make him happy?
- Straightforward pleasure doesn’t satisfy him, he says, and if I spice it up, he wonders who taught me that.
- ujju-arae ṇa tūsaï vaṃkammi-vi āamaṃ viappei
- 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼-𑀅𑀭𑀏 𑀡 𑀢𑀽𑀲𑀇 𑀯𑀁𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺-𑀯𑀺 𑀆𑀅𑀫𑀁 𑀯𑀺𑀅𑀧𑁆𑀧𑁂𑀇
Derived terms
- 𑀉𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀅 (ujjua)
Descendants
References
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 145
- Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 408
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “r̥jú”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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