𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• asme (Latin script)
• अस्मे (Devanagari script)
• অস্মে (Bengali script)
• අස‍්මෙ (Sinhalese script)
• အသ္မေ or ဢသ္မေ or ဢသ်မေ (Burmese script)
• อสฺเม or อัสเม (Thai script)
• ᩋᩈ᩠ᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ອສ຺ເມ or ອັສເມ (Lao script)
• អស្មេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂

1. Brahmi script form of asme, which is accusative plural of 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑀦𑁆 (asman, “stone”)

Pronoun

𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂

1. Brahmi script form of asme (“us”), which is an accusative plural of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)

Prakrit

Etymology

Derived from Sanskrit अस्मद् (asmad). This nominative and accusative form is not inherited from Vedic Sanskrit अस्मे (asmé, locative of वयम् (vayám, “we”)), but is rather an innovation based on the analogy of the masculine of the thematic pronominals. First attested in writing in Middle Indo-Aryan as the more derived Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀨𑁂 (aphe), it is shared with Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe) and Pali amhe.

Pronoun

𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀫𑁂 (asme) (Devanagari अस्मे) (Māgadhī)

1. we - nominative/accusative plural of 𑀅𑀳𑀁 (ahaṃ)

Descendants

• Bengali-Assamese:
  • Kamarupi Prakrit: 𑖁𑖦𑖿𑖮𑖸 (āmhe, “I, we”)
    • Early Assamese: আমি (ami, “I, we”), আহ্মি (amhi)
      • Assamese: আমি (ami)
    • Kamta: আমি (ami)
  • Rajbanshi: হামি (hami)
  • Old Bengali: আহ্মি (āmhi)
    • Bengali: আমি (ami)
    • Rohingya: aññi
    • Sylheti: ꠀꠝꠤ (ami)
• Bhojpuri:
  • Devanagari script: हम (ham)
  • Kaithi script: 𑂯𑂧 (ham)
• Odia: ଆମେ (āme)

Further reading

• Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages‎, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass