sālā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀲𑀸𑀮𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• साला (Devanagari script)
• সালা (Bengali script)
• සාලා (Sinhalese script)
• သာလာ or သႃလႃ (Burmese script)
• สาลา (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᩃᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາລາ (Lao script)
• សាលា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄣𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शाला (śālā)

Noun

sālā f

1. hall (covered and enclosed), large room, house
2. outhouse
   • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎^[1], page 192:

     සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.

     Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.

     Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.

Declension

Declension table of "sālā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sālā	sālāyo or sālā
Accusative (second)	sālaṃ	sālāyo or sālā
Instrumental (third)	sālāya	sālāhi or sālābhi
Dative (fourth)	sālāya	sālānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sālāya	sālāhi or sālābhi
Genitive (sixth)	sālāya	sālānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sālāya or sālāyaṃ	sālāsu
Vocative (calling)	sāle	sālāyo or sālā

Descendants

• Thai: ศาลา (sǎa-laa)
• Northern Thai: ᩈᩣᩃᩣ
• Lao: ສາລາ (sā lā)
• Khmer: សាលា (saalaa)