paññā
See also: panna, Panna, pannā, paṇṇa, and pánna
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀧𑀜𑁆𑀜𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- पञ्ञा (Devanagari script)
- পঞ্ঞা (Bengali script)
- පඤ්ඤා (Sinhalese script)
- ပညာ or ပည္ညာ or ပၺ္ၺႃ or ပၺ်ၺႃ (Burmese script)
- ปญฺญา or ปัญญา (Thai script)
- ᨷᨬ᩠ᨬᩣ (Tai Tham script)
- ປຎ຺ຎາ or ປັຎຎາ or ປັນຍາ (Lao script)
- បញ្ញា (Khmer script)
- 𑄛𑄐𑄴𑄐𑄂 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit प्रज्ञा (prajñā, “wisdom, intelligence”).
Noun
paññā f
- wisdom
- insight, understanding
Declension
Declension table of "paññā" (feminine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | paññā | paññāyo or paññā |
Accusative (second) | paññaṃ | paññāyo or paññā |
Instrumental (third) | paññāya | paññāhi or paññābhi |
Dative (fourth) | paññāya | paññānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | paññāya | paññāhi or paññābhi |
Genitive (sixth) | paññāya | paññānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | paññāya or paññāyaṃ | paññāsu |
Vocative (calling) | paññe | paññāyo or paññā |
Descendants
- → Burmese: ပညာ (pa.nya)
- → Lao: ປັນຍາ (pan nyā)
- → Middle Chinese: 般若 (MC buɑn|puɑn|pˠan ȵia|ȵiaX|ȵɨɐk̚)
- Mandarin: 般若 (bōrě)
- Cantonese: 般若 (bo1 je5, but3 je5)
- Hakka: 般若 (pat-ngiâ)
- Min Nan: 般若 (poa̍t-jiá, poa̍t-ché, pat-jé)
- → Japanese: 般若 (hannya)
- → Korean: 반야 (般若, banya)
- → Vietnamese: bát nhã (般若)
- → Mon: ပညာ (pɔnɲa)
- → Old Khmer:
- Khmer: បញ្ញា (paññaa)
- → Shan: ပိင်ႇၺႃႇ (pìng nyàa)
- → Thai: ปัญญา (bpan-yaa)