sāmaṇera

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀸𑀫𑀡𑁂𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• सामणेर (Devanagari script)
• সামণের (Bengali script)
• සාමණෙර (Sinhalese script)
• သာမဏေရ or သႃမꧣေရ (Burmese script)
• สามเณร or สามะเณระ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩣᨾᨱᩮᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ສາມເຓຣ or ສາມະເຓຣະ (Lao script)
• សាមណេរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄂𑄟𑄕𑄬𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit श्रामणेर (śrāmaṇera).

Noun

sāmaṇera m

1. novice monk

Declension

Declension table of "sāmaṇera" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sāmaṇero	sāmaṇerā
Accusative (second)	sāmaṇeraṃ	sāmaṇere
Instrumental (third)	sāmaṇerena	sāmaṇerehi or sāmaṇerebhi
Dative (fourth)	sāmaṇerassa or sāmaṇerāya or sāmaṇeratthaṃ	sāmaṇerānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sāmaṇerasmā or sāmaṇeramhā or sāmaṇerā	sāmaṇerehi or sāmaṇerebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sāmaṇerassa	sāmaṇerānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sāmaṇerasmiṃ or sāmaṇeramhi or sāmaṇere	sāmaṇeresu
Vocative (calling)	sāmaṇera	sāmaṇerā

Descendants

• → Burmese: သာမဏေ (sama.ne)
• → Chinese: 沙彌／沙弥 (shāmí) (or directly from Sanskrit) (see there for further descendants)
• → Khmer: សាមណេរ (samaner)
• → Thai: สามเณร (sǎam-má-neen)