अर्धमास

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অৰ্ধমাস (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬃᬥᬫᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
• অর্ধমাস (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰠𑰦𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
• အရ်္ဓမာသ (Burmese script)
• અર્ધમાસ (Gujarati script)
• ਅਰ੍ਧਮਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦂꦣꦩꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂡𑂧𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
• ಅರ್ಧಮಾಸ (Kannada script)
• អធ៌មាស (Khmer script)
• ອຣ຺ຘມາສ (Lao script)
• അര്ധമാസ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡵᢡᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘠𑘦𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠷᢑᠾᠠᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧀𑧆𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐢𑐩𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
• ଅର୍ଧମାସ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢬ꣄ꢤꢪꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆣𑆩𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖠𑖦𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
• අර්‍ධමාස (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩮𑩴𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚜𑚢𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
• அர்த⁴மாஸ (Tamil script)
• అర్ధమాస (Telugu script)
• อรฺธมาส (Thai script)
• ཨ་རྡྷ་མཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒡𑒧𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨜𑨢𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अर्ध (ardha, “half”) +‎ मास (māsa, “month”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.dʱɐ.mɑː.sɐ́/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.d̪ʱɐˈmɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

अर्धमास • (ardhamāsá) stem, m

1. a fortnight, a halfmonth
   • c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) 5.1.8:

     चतुर्विꣳशतिम् अन्व् आह चतुर्विꣳशतिर् अर्धमासाः संवत्सरः

     caturviṃśatim anv āha caturviṃśatir ardhamāsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ

     Twenty-four (verses) he recites; (and) the year has twenty-four half-months.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अर्धमास (ardhamāsá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अर्धमासः ardhamāsáḥ	अर्धमासौ / अर्धमासा¹ ardhamāsaú / ardhamāsā́¹	अर्धमासाः / अर्धमासासः¹ ardhamāsā́ḥ / ardhamāsā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अर्धमास árdhamāsa	अर्धमासौ / अर्धमासा¹ árdhamāsau / árdhamāsā¹	अर्धमासाः / अर्धमासासः¹ árdhamāsāḥ / árdhamāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अर्धमासम् ardhamāsám	अर्धमासौ / अर्धमासा¹ ardhamāsaú / ardhamāsā́¹	अर्धमासान् ardhamāsā́n
Instrumental	अर्धमासेन ardhamāséna	अर्धमासाभ्याम् ardhamāsā́bhyām	अर्धमासैः / अर्धमासेभिः¹ ardhamāsaíḥ / ardhamāsébhiḥ¹
Dative	अर्धमासाय ardhamāsā́ya	अर्धमासाभ्याम् ardhamāsā́bhyām	अर्धमासेभ्यः ardhamāsébhyaḥ
Ablative	अर्धमासात् ardhamāsā́t	अर्धमासाभ्याम् ardhamāsā́bhyām	अर्धमासेभ्यः ardhamāsébhyaḥ
Genitive	अर्धमासस्य ardhamāsásya	अर्धमासयोः ardhamāsáyoḥ	अर्धमासानाम् ardhamāsā́nām
Locative	अर्धमासे ardhamāsé	अर्धमासयोः ardhamāsáyoḥ	अर्धमासेषु ardhamāséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: aḍḍhamāsa
• Prakrit: 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀲 (addhamāsa)
• Southern:
  • Sinhalese: අඩමස (aḍamasa)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “अर्धमास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 92.