kantā

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective)

Noun

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kantā f

  1. beloved woman[1]
  2. woman[2]

Declension

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Declension table of "kantā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kantākantāyo or kantā
Accusative (second)kantaṃkantāyo or kantā
Instrumental (third)kantāyakantāhi or kantābhi
Dative (fourth)kantāyakantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kantāyakantāhi or kantābhi
Genitive (sixth)kantāyakantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kantāya or kantāyaṃkantāsu
Vocative (calling)kantekantāyo or kantā

Noun

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kantā m

  1. inflection of kanta (“husband”):
    1. ablative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

References

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  1. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 184.
  2. ^ Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.
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