𑀲𑁄

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• so (Latin script)
• सो (Devanagari script)
• সো (Bengali script)
• සො (Sinhalese script)
• သော or သေႃ (Burmese script)
• โส (Thai script)
• ᩈᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂສ (Lao script)
• សោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

𑀲𑁄

1. (demonstrative) Brahmi script form of so, which is nominative singular masculine of 𑀢 (ta, “that”)

Pronoun

𑀲𑁄 (m)

1. (demonstrative) Brahmi script form of so, which is nominative singular of 𑀢 (ta, “he, it”)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀲 (sa) — Jain Maharastri, Ardhamagadhi, Sauraseni (rare)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स (sa). Cognate with Magadhi Prakrit 𑀰𑁂 (śe).

Pronoun

𑀲𑁄 (so) m (Devanagari सो, Gujarati સો, Kannada ಸೋ, feminine 𑀲𑀸, neuter 𑀢𑀁) (Māhārāṣṭrī, Jain Māhārāṣṭrī, Ardhamāgadhī, Śaurasenī, Paiśācī)

1. he, it

Descendants

• Central:
  • Old Hindi: सो ~ तिस (so ~ tisa)
    • Hindi: सो (so)
    • Urdu: سو (so)
• Eastern: See 𑀰𑁂 (śe)
• Southern:
  • Old Marathi:
    • Marathi: तो (to)
  • Konkani: तो (to)
• Western:
  • Old Gujarati:
    • Gujarati: તે (te)

Further reading

• E.B. Cowell (1868) The Prákṛit Prakáśa‎^[1], London: Trübner & Co., page 152
• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 302
• Otto von Böhtlingk (1877) “सो”, in Sanskrit-Chrestomathie (chapter “Prakrit-Index”) (in German), St. Petersburg: Eggers & Co., →OCLC, page 340 of 372
• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 40.