ताम्रपर्णी
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬭᬧᬃᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
- তাম্ৰপৰ্ণী (Assamese script)
- তাম্রপর্ণী (Bengali script)
- 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
- તામ્રપર્ણી (Gujarati script)
- ꦠꦴꦩꦿꦥꦂꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
- តាម្របណ៌ី (Khmer script)
- ತಾಮ್ರಪರ್ಣೀ (Kannada script)
- ຕາມ຺ຣປຣ຺ຓີ (Lao script)
- താമ്രപര്ണീ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
- တာမြပရ်္ဏီ (Burmese script)
- 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
- ତାମ୍ରପର୍ଣୀ (Oriya script)
- ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢬꢦꢬ꣄ꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
- 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
- తామ్రపర్ణీ (Telugu script)
- ตามฺรปรฺณี (Thai script)
- ཏཱམྲཔརྞཱི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From ताम्र (tāmra, “copper”) + पर्ण (parṇa, “leaf”) + -ई (-ī).
Some suppose the "town in Sri Lanka" sense to be a hypercorrect form of *ताम्रवर्णी (tāmravarṇī, literally “copper-coloured”), but the Ashokan Prakrit forms make this problematic.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /t̪ɑːm.ɾɐˈpɐɾ.ɳiː/
Proper noun
ताम्रपर्णी • (tāmraparṇī) f
- Thamirabarani (a river in Tamil Nadu, India)
- A town in Sri Lanka.
Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of ताम्रपर्णी (tāmraparṇī) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ताम्रपर्णी tāmraparṇī | ताम्रपर्ण्यौ / ताम्रपर्णी¹ tāmraparṇyau / tāmraparṇī¹ | ताम्रपर्ण्यः / ताम्रपर्णीः¹ tāmraparṇyaḥ / tāmraparṇīḥ¹ |
Vocative | ताम्रपर्णि tāmraparṇi | ताम्रपर्ण्यौ / ताम्रपर्णी¹ tāmraparṇyau / tāmraparṇī¹ | ताम्रपर्ण्यः / ताम्रपर्णीः¹ tāmraparṇyaḥ / tāmraparṇīḥ¹ |
Accusative | ताम्रपर्णीम् tāmraparṇīm | ताम्रपर्ण्यौ / ताम्रपर्णी¹ tāmraparṇyau / tāmraparṇī¹ | ताम्रपर्णीः tāmraparṇīḥ |
Instrumental | ताम्रपर्ण्या tāmraparṇyā | ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् tāmraparṇībhyām | ताम्रपर्णीभिः tāmraparṇībhiḥ |
Dative | ताम्रपर्ण्यै tāmraparṇyai | ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् tāmraparṇībhyām | ताम्रपर्णीभ्यः tāmraparṇībhyaḥ |
Ablative | ताम्रपर्ण्याः tāmraparṇyāḥ | ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् tāmraparṇībhyām | ताम्रपर्णीभ्यः tāmraparṇībhyaḥ |
Genitive | ताम्रपर्ण्याः tāmraparṇyāḥ | ताम्रपर्ण्योः tāmraparṇyoḥ | ताम्रपर्णीनाम् tāmraparṇīnām |
Locative | ताम्रपर्ण्याम् tāmraparṇyām | ताम्रपर्ण्योः tāmraparṇyoḥ | ताम्रपर्णीषु tāmraparṇīṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀺 (taṃbapaṃni), 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀡𑀺 (taṃbapaṃṇi), 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀡𑀺 (taṃbapaṇi)
- → Ancient Greek: Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē), Ταπροβανᾶ (Taprobanâ), Ταπροβανῆ (Taprobanê)
- → Latin: Tāprobanē, Tāprobana
- → Portuguese: Taprobana (learned)
- → Ancient Greek: Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē), Ταπροβανᾶ (Taprobanâ), Ταπροβανῆ (Taprobanê)
- Pali: tambapaṇṇī
- → Sinhalese: තම්බපණ්ණිය (tambapaṇṇiya)
- → Tamil: தாமிரபரணி (tāmiraparaṇi)
- → English: Thamirabarani
Noun
ताम्रपर्णी • (tāmraparṇī) f
- munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
- A large lake.
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “tāmrá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 443.