# 𑀅𑀁𑀩
## Ashokan Prakrit
### Etymology

From Sanskrit आम्र (āmrá). Cognate with Pali amba.

### Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) (Allahabad, Delhi-Topra, Lauriya-Araraj)
* mango

#### Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Topra and Lauriya-Araraj.
Dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (“mango”) :
| Variety | Location | Lemmas |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) |
| Central | Lauriya-Araraj | 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) |
| Central | Allahabad-Kosambi | 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (“mango”) :
* 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) (3)

#### Derived terms

* *𑀅𑀁𑀩-𑀇𑀭 (*aṃba-ira)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀺𑀭 (aṃbira)
* *𑀅𑀁𑀩-𑀓 (*aṃba-ka)
** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀕 (aṃbaga)
** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀅 (aṃbaa)
*** Konkani:
    Devanagari script: आम्बो (āmbo)
    Kannada script: ಆಂಬೊ (āmbo)
    Latin script: ambo
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आंबा (āṃbā)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤𑘰 (āṃbā)
**** Marathi: आंबा (āmbā)
***** → Iraqi Arabic: عَمْبَة (ʿamba)
****** → Israeli Hebrew: עַמְבָּה (ʿámbā)
******* → English: amba
*** → Arabic: عَنْبَة (ʕanba), عَنْبَا (ʕanbā)
**** → Somali: cámbe
*** → Middle Persian: *anbag
**** Persian: انبه (anbe)
**** → Arabic: أَنْبَج (ʔanbaj)

#### Descendants

* Magadhi Prakrit:
** Assamese: আম (am)
** Bengali: আম (am)
** Bhojpuri:
    Devanagari script: आम (ām)
    Kaithi script: 𑂄𑂧 (ām)
** Chakma: 𑄃𑄟𑄴 (ām)
** Odia: ଆମ୍ବ (āmba)
** Rohingya:
    Hanifi Rohingya script: 𐴀𐴝𐴔𐴧 (amm)
    Latin script: amm
** Sylheti: ꠀꠝ (am)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आंब (āṃba)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤 (āṃba)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba)
** Dogri:
    Devanagari script: अम्ब (amb)
    Dogra script: 𑠀𑠢𑠹𑠠 (amb)
** Hindustani:
    Hindi: आम (ām)
    Urdu: آم (ām)
** Kachchi: આમુ (āmu)
** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਅੰਬ (amba)
    Shahmukhi script: اَمْب (amb)
** Marwari: आंब (āmb)
** Saurashtra: ꢂꢀꢨꣁ (aṃbo)
** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: اَنبُ
    Devanagari script: अंबु

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āmrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

## Prakrit
### Etymology

From Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba), from Sanskrit आम्र (āmrá). Cognate with Pali amba.

### Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) m (Devanagari अंब, Kannada ಅಂಬ) (Māhārāṣṭrī)
* mango (tree)

#### Declension
### Noun

𑀅𑀁𑀩 (aṃba) n (Devanagari अंब)
* mango (fruit)

#### Derived terms

* 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀅 (aṃbaa)
** Konkani:
    Devanagari script: आम्बो (āmbô)
    Kannada script: ಆಂಬೊ (āmbô)
    Latin script: ambo
** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आंबा (āṃbā)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤𑘰 (āṃbā)
*** Marathi: आंबा (āmbā)
**** → Iraqi Arabic: عَمْبَة (ʿamba)
***** → Israeli Hebrew: עַמְבָּה (ʿámbā)
****** → English: amba
** → Arabic: عَنْبَة (ʕanba), عَنْبَا (ʕanbā)
*** → Somali: cámbe
** → Middle Persian: *anbag
*** Persian: انبه (anbe)
*** → Arabic: أَنْبَج (ʔanbaj)
* 𑀅𑀁𑀩𑀺𑀭 (aṃbira)

#### Descendants

* Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: आंब (āṃba)
    Modi script: 𑘁𑘽𑘤 (āṃba)

### References

* Pischel, Richard, Jha, Subhadra (contributor) (1957) Comparative Grammar of the Prakrit Languages, Varanasi: Motilal Banarasidass, page 206
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āmrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press