puggala

Pali

Etymology

From Sanskrit पुद्गल (pudgala, “body, soul”).

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀼𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• पुग्गल (Devanagari script)
• পুগ্গল (Bengali script)
• පුග‍්ගල (Sinhalese script)
• ပုဂ္ဂလ or ပုၷ္ၷလ or ပုၷ်ၷလ (Burmese script)
• ปุคฺคล or ปุคคะละ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩩᨣ᩠ᨣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ປຸຄ຺ຄລ or ປຸຄຄະລະ (Lao script)
• បុគ្គល (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄪𑄉𑄴𑄉𑄣 (Chakma script)

Noun

puggala m

1. individual
2. person

Declension

Declension table of "puggala" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	puggalo	puggalā
Accusative (second)	puggalaṃ	puggale
Instrumental (third)	puggalena	puggalehi or puggalebhi
Dative (fourth)	puggalassa or puggalāya or puggalatthaṃ	puggalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	puggalasmā or puggalamhā or puggalā	puggalehi or puggalebhi
Genitive (sixth)	puggalassa	puggalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	puggalasmiṃ or puggalamhi or puggale	puggalesu
Vocative (calling)	puggala	puggalā

Derived terms

• purisapuggala

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပုဂ္ဂိုလ် (pugguil)
• → Khmer: បុគ្គល (bokkŭəl)
• → Lao: ບຸກຄົນ (buk khon)
• → Thai: บุคคล (bùk-kon)