# 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺
## Ashokan Prakrit
### Etymology

From Sanskrit त्रीणि n (trī́ṇi) (see त्रि m (trí)), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tráyas, from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes. Cognate with Pali tīṇi.

### Numeral

𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni /tiṇṇi/)
* three

#### Alternative forms

Attested at Allahabad-Kosambi, Delhi-Meerut, Delhi-Topra, Dhauli, Jaugada, Kalsi, Lauriya-Araraj, Lauriya-Nandangarh and Rampurva.
Dialectal forms of 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (“three”) :
| Variety | Location | Lemmas |
| Central | Kalsi | 𑀢𑀺𑀦𑀺 (tini), 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Central | Delhi-Topra | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Central | Delhi-Meerut | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Central | Rampurva | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Central | Lauriya-Nandangarh | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Central | Lauriya-Araraj | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Central | Allahabad-Kosambi | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| East | Dhauli | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| East | Jaugada | 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) |
| Northwest | Shahbazgarhi | 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨩𐨆 (trayo) |
| Northwest | Mansehra | 𐨟𐨁𐨣𐨁 (tini) |
| West | Girnar | 𑀢𑀻 (tī), 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (trī) |
Map of dialectal forms of 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (“three”) :
* 𑀢𑀺𑀁𑀦𑀺 (tiṃni) (9) 𑀢𑀺𑀦𑀺 (tini) (1) 𑀢𑁆𑀭𑀻 (trī) (1) 𐨟𐨁𐨣𐨁 (tini) (1) 𐨟𐨿𐨪𐨩𐨆 (trayo) (1) 𑀢𑀻 (tī) (1)

#### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀺 (tiṇṇi)
* Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀺 (tiṇṇi)
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Nepali: तीन (tīna)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bhojpuri: तीन (tīn)
*** Bishnupriya Manipuri: তিন
*** Chakma: 𑄖𑄨𑄚𑄴 (tin)
*** Early Assamese: তিনি (tini)
**** Assamese: তিনি (tini)
*** Old Bengali: তিন
**** Bengali: তিন (tin)
*** Odia: ତିନି (tini)
*** Rohingya: tin
*** Sylheti: ꠔꠤꠘ (tin)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Konkani: तीन (tīn)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: तिं (tiṃ), तीं (tīṃ), तीनि (tīni)
    Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘽 (tīṃ), 𑘝𑘲𑘡𑘲 (tīnī)
**** Marathi: तीन (tīn)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤਿੰਨ (tinn)
    Shahmukhi script: تِنّ (tinn)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Old Gujarati: तिन्न (tinna), तीन (tīna)
**** Marwari: तीन (tīn)
*** Old Hindi: तीनि (tīni)
**** Hindustani: tīn
    Hindi: तीन
    Urdu: تین (ten)
*** Romani: trin
**** Caló: trin, trine
**** Tavringer Romani: trinn
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀺 (tiṇṇi)
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Nepali: तीन (tīna)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bhojpuri: तीन (tīn)
*** Bishnupriya Manipuri: তিন
*** Chakma: 𑄖𑄨𑄚𑄴 (tin)
*** Early Assamese: তিনি (tini)
**** Assamese: তিনি (tini)
*** Old Bengali: তিন
**** Bengali: তিন (tin)
*** Odia: ତିନି (tini)
*** Rohingya: tin
*** Sylheti: ꠔꠤꠘ (tin)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Konkani: तीन (tīn)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: तिं (tiṃ), तीं (tīṃ), तीनि (tīni)
    Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘽 (tīṃ), 𑘝𑘲𑘡𑘲 (tīnī)
**** Marathi: तीन (tīn)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤਿੰਨ (tinn)
    Shahmukhi script: تِنّ (tinn)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Old Gujarati: तिन्न (tinna), तीन (tīna)
**** Marwari: तीन (tīn)
*** Old Hindi: तीनि (tīni)
**** Hindustani: tīn
    Hindi: तीन
    Urdu: تین (ten)
*** Romani: trin
**** Caló: trin, trine
**** Tavringer Romani: trinn
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀢𑀺𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀺 (tiṇṇi)
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Nepali: तीन (tīna)
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bhojpuri: तीन (tīn)
*** Bishnupriya Manipuri: তিন
*** Chakma: 𑄖𑄨𑄚𑄴 (tin)
*** Early Assamese: তিনি (tini)
**** Assamese: তিনি (tini)
*** Old Bengali: তিন
**** Bengali: তিন (tin)
*** Odia: ତିନି (tini)
*** Rohingya: tin
*** Sylheti: ꠔꠤꠘ (tin)
** Maharastri Prakrit:
*** Konkani: तीन (tīn)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: तिं (tiṃ), तीं (tīṃ), तीनि (tīni)
    Modi script: 𑘝𑘲𑘽 (tīṃ), 𑘝𑘲𑘡𑘲 (tīnī)
**** Marathi: तीन (tīn)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਤਿੰਨ (tinn)
    Shahmukhi script: تِنّ (tinn)
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Old Gujarati: तिन्न (tinna), तीन (tīna)
**** Marwari: तीन (tīn)
*** Old Hindi: तीनि (tīni)
**** Hindustani: tīn
    Hindi: तीन
    Urdu: تین (ten)
*** Romani: trin
**** Caló: trin, trine
**** Tavringer Romani: trinn
* Northern:
** Bhadrawahi: ट्ळा (ṭḷā)

### References

* Sen, Sukumar (1960) A Comparative Grammar of Middle Indo-Aryan, Linguistic Society of India, page 133.
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tráyaḥ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press