phoṭṭhabba

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀨𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀩𑁆𑀩 (Brahmi script)
• फोट्ठब्ब (Devanagari script)
• ফোট্ঠব্ব (Bengali script)
• ඵොට‍්ඨබ‍්බ (Sinhalese script)
• ဖောဋ္ဌဗ္ဗ or ၽေႃꩦ္ꩧၿ္ၿ or ၽေႃꩦ်ꩧၿ်ၿ (Burmese script)
• โผฏฺฐพฺพ or โผฏฐัพพะ (Thai script)
• ᨹᩮᩣᨭᩛᨻᩛ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຜຏ຺ຐພ຺ພ or ໂຜຏຐັພພະ (Lao script)
• ផោដ្ឋព្ព (Khmer script)
• 𑄜𑄮𑄑𑄴𑄒𑄝𑄴𑄝 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From the verb phusati (“to touch”); formally identical with a possible gerundive in -tabba.

Noun

phoṭṭhabba n

1. touch
2. contact

Declension

Declension table of "phoṭṭhabba" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	phoṭṭhabbaṃ	phoṭṭhabbāni
Accusative (second)	phoṭṭhabbaṃ	phoṭṭhabbāni
Instrumental (third)	phoṭṭhabbena	phoṭṭhabbehi or phoṭṭhabbebhi
Dative (fourth)	phoṭṭhabbassa or phoṭṭhabbāya or phoṭṭhabbatthaṃ	phoṭṭhabbānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	phoṭṭhabbasmā or phoṭṭhabbamhā or phoṭṭhabbā	phoṭṭhabbehi or phoṭṭhabbebhi
Genitive (sixth)	phoṭṭhabbassa	phoṭṭhabbānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	phoṭṭhabbasmiṃ or phoṭṭhabbamhi or phoṭṭhabbe	phoṭṭhabbesu
Vocative (calling)	phoṭṭhabba	phoṭṭhabbāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “phoṭṭhabba”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead