pubbaṇha
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀧𑀼𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀡𑁆𑀳 (Brahmi script)
- पुब्बण्ह (Devanagari script)
- পুব্বণ্হ (Bengali script)
- පුබ්බණ්හ (Sinhalese script)
- ပုဗ္ဗဏှ or ပုၿ္ၿꧣှ or ပုၿ်ၿꧣှ (Burmese script)
- ปุพฺพณฺห or ปุพพัณหะ (Thai script)
- ᨷᩩᨻᩛᨱ᩠ᩉ (Tai Tham script)
- ປຸພ຺ພຓ຺ຫ or ປຸພພັຓຫະ (Lao script)
- បុព្ពណ្ហ (Khmer script)
Etymology
Derived from weak forms of a compound such as Sanskrit पूर्व (pūrva, “start”) + Sanskrit अहन् (ahan, “day”), with regular vowel shortening and metathesis of -nh- in oblique forms, with a change of gender.
Noun
pubbaṇha m
- morning
- Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
The term is part of a three-fold division of the day into pubbaṇha, majjhaṇha and sāyaṇha.
Declension
Declension table of "pubbaṇha" (masculine)
| Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | pubbaṇho | pubbaṇhā |
| Accusative (second) | pubbaṇhaṃ | pubbaṇhe |
| Instrumental (third) | pubbaṇhena | pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | pubbaṇhassa or pubbaṇhāya or pubbaṇhatthaṃ | pubbaṇhānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | pubbaṇhasmā or pubbaṇhamhā or pubbaṇhā | pubbaṇhehi or pubbaṇhebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | pubbaṇhassa | pubbaṇhānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | pubbaṇhasmiṃ or pubbaṇhamhi or pubbaṇhe | pubbaṇhesu |
| Vocative (calling) | pubbaṇha | pubbaṇhā |
Coordinate terms
- majjhaṇha
- sāyaṇha
References
- Pali Text Society (1921-1925), “pubbaṇha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead
- Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 388.