𑀲𑀁𑀟

Prakrit

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀲𑀁𑀟 (*saṃḍa), from Sanskrit साण्ड (sā́ṇḍa, “uncastrated (as a bull)”, adjective).

Noun

𑀲𑀁𑀟 (saṃḍa) m (Devanagari संड)

1. a bull

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀲𑀁𑀟 (masculine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁄 (saṃḍo)	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸 (saṃḍā)
Accusative	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀁 (saṃḍaṃ)	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂 (saṃḍe) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸 (saṃḍā)
Instrumental	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀡 (saṃḍeṇa) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀡𑀁 (saṃḍeṇaṃ)	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀳𑀺 (saṃḍehi) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀳𑀺𑀁 (saṃḍehiṃ)
Dative	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀅 (saṃḍāa)	—
Ablative	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀑 (saṃḍāo) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀉 (saṃḍāu) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸 (saṃḍā) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀳𑀺 (saṃḍāhi) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (saṃḍāhiṃto)	—
Genitive	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀲𑁆𑀲 (saṃḍassa)	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀡 (saṃḍāṇa) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸𑀡𑀁 (saṃḍāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀫𑁆𑀫𑀺 (saṃḍammi) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂 (saṃḍe)	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀲𑀼 (saṃḍesu) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑁂𑀲𑀼𑀁 (saṃḍesuṃ)
Vocative	𑀲𑀁𑀟 (saṃḍa) or 𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸 (saṃḍā)	𑀲𑀁𑀟𑀸 (saṃḍā)

Descendants

• Assamese: ষাঁড় (xãr)
• Bengali: ষাঁড় (śãṛ)
• Gujarati: સાંઢ (sā̃ḍh)
• Hindustani: sā̃ṛ

  Hindi: साँड़

  Urdu: سان٘ڈ (sā̃ḍ)

• Marathi: सांड (sāṇḍa)
• Nepali: साँड़् (sā̃ṛ)
• Odia: ଶଣ୍ଡ (śaṇḍa)
• Punjabi: ਸਾਂਢ (sāṇḍh)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “संड”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 838.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sāˊṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 769