alaṅkaraṇa
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀅𑀮𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀭𑀡 (Brahmi script)
- अलङ्करण (Devanagari script)
- অলঙ্করণ (Bengali script)
- අලඞ්කරණ (Sinhalese script)
- အလင်္ကရဏ or ဢလင်္ၵရꧣ or ဢလင်ၵရꧣ (Burmese script)
- อลงฺกรณ or อะลังกะระณะ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩃᩘᨠᩁᨱ (Tai Tham script)
- ອລງ຺ກຣຓ or ອະລັງກະຣະຓະ (Lao script)
- អលង្ករណ (Khmer script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit अलङ्करण (alaṅkaraṇa).
Noun
alaṅkaraṇa n
- doing up, fitting out, ornamentation
Declension
Declension table of "alaṅkaraṇa" (neuter)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | alaṅkaraṇaṃ | alaṅkaraṇāni |
Accusative (second) | alaṅkaraṇaṃ | alaṅkaraṇāni |
Instrumental (third) | alaṅkaraṇena | alaṅkaraṇehi or alaṅkaraṇebhi |
Dative (fourth) | alaṅkaraṇassa or alaṅkaraṇāya or alaṅkaraṇatthaṃ | alaṅkaraṇānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | alaṅkaraṇasmā or alaṅkaraṇamhā or alaṅkaraṇā | alaṅkaraṇehi or alaṅkaraṇebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | alaṅkaraṇassa | alaṅkaraṇānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | alaṅkaraṇasmiṃ or alaṅkaraṇamhi or alaṅkaraṇe | alaṅkaraṇesu |
Vocative (calling) | alaṅkaraṇa | alaṅkaraṇāni |
Descendants
- → Burmese: အလင်္ကာ (a.langka)
- → Thai: อลงกรณ์ (à-long-gɔɔn)
References
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “alaŋkaraṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead