odanta
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀑𑀤𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- ओदन्त (Devanagari script)
- ওদন্ত (Bengali script)
- ඔදන්ත (Sinhalese script)
- ဩဒန္တ (Burmese script)
- โอทนฺต or โอทันตะ (Thai script)
- ᩋᩰᨴᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
- ໂອທນ຺ຕ or ໂອທັນຕະ (Lao script)
- ឲទន្ត (Khmer script)
Etymology
o (“letter 'o'”) + anta (“end”). The -d- is an arbitrary hiatus breaker, whose primary exemplar may be the Indo-European neuter singular ending -d.
Adjective
odanta
- ending in 'o'.
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- तत्थ अक्खरेसु अकारादीसु ओदन्ता अत्थ सरा नाम होन्ति।
- Tattha akkharesu akārādīsu odantā aṭṭha sarā nāma honti.
- There amongst the letters are eight vowels, namely starting with 'a' and ending with 'o'
Declension
Declension table of "odanta" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | odanto | odantā |
| Accusative (second) | odantaṃ | odante |
| Instrumental (third) | odantena | odantehi or odantebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | odantassa or odantāya or odantatthaṃ | odantānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | odantasmā or odantamhā or odantā | odantehi or odantebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | odantassa | odantānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | odantasmiṃ or odantamhi or odante | odantesu |
| Vocative (calling) | odanta | odantā |
Declension table of "odantā" (feminine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | odantā | odantāyo or odantā |
| Accusative (second) | odantaṃ | odantāyo or odantā |
| Instrumental (third) | odantāya | odantāhi or odantābhi |
| Dative (fourth) | odantāya | odantānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | odantāya | odantāhi or odantābhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | odantāya | odantānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | odantāya or odantāyaṃ | odantāsu |
| Vocative (calling) | odante | odantāyo or odantā |
Declension table of "odanta" (neuter)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | odantaṃ | odantāni |
| Accusative (second) | odantaṃ | odantāni |
| Instrumental (third) | odantena | odantehi or odantebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | odantassa or odantāya or odantatthaṃ | odantānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | odantasmā or odantamhā or odantā | odantehi or odantebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | odantassa | odantānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | odantasmiṃ or odantamhi or odante | odantesu |
| Vocative (calling) | odanta | odantāni |