uttama purisa
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀫 𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- उत्तम पुरिस (Devanagari script)
- উত্তম পুরিস (Bengali script)
- උත්තම පුරිස (Sinhalese script)
- ဥတ္တမ ပုရိသ (Burmese script)
- อุตฺตม ปุริส or อุตตะมะ ปุริสะ (Thai script)
- ᩏᨲ᩠ᨲᨾ ᨷᩩᩁᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຸຕ຺ຕມ ປຸຣິສ or ອຸຕຕະມະ ປຸຣິສະ (Lao script)
- ឧត្តម បុរិស (Khmer script)
Alternative forms
- uttamapurisa
- 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀫𑀧𑀼𑀭𑀺𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- उत्तमपुरिस (Devanagari script)
- উত্তমপুরিস (Bengali script)
- උත්තමපුරිස (Sinhalese script)
- ဥတ္တမပုရိသ (Burmese script)
- อุตฺตมปุริส or อุตตะมะปุริสะ (Thai script)
- ᩏᨲ᩠ᨲᨾᨷᩩᩁᩥᩈ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຸຕ຺ຕມປຸຣິສ or ອຸຕຕະມະປຸຣິສະ (Lao script)
- ឧត្តមបុរិស (Khmer script)
Noun
uttama purisa m
- Alternative form of uttamapurisa (“first person”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (in Pali), page 253; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अम्हे पयुज्जमानेपि अप्पयुज्जमानेपि तुल्याधिकरणे उत्तमो पुरिसो होति।
- Amhe payujjamānepi appayujjamānepi tulyādhikaraṇe uttamo puriso hoti.
- The first person is used when there is agreement with 'I' or 'we', be it expressed or unexpressed.
Declension
The two parts are declined separately.