ताम्रपर्णी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

তাম্ৰপৰ্ণী (Assamese script)
ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬭᬧᬃᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
তাম্রপর্ণী (Bengali script)
𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
တာမြပရ်္ဏီ (Burmese script)
તામ્રપર્ણી (Gujarati script)
ਤਾਮ੍ਰਪਰ੍ਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
ꦠꦴꦩꦿꦥꦂꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
ತಾಮ್ರಪರ್ಣೀ (Kannada script)
តាម្របណ៌ី (Khmer script)
ຕາມ຺ຣປຣ຺ຓີ (Lao script)
താമ്രപര്ണീ (Malayalam script)
ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᡵᠠᢒᠠᡵᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠷᠠᢒᠠᠷᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
ତାମ୍ରପର୍ଣୀ (Odia script)
ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢬꢦꢬ꣄ꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
තාම්‍රපර්‍ණී (Sinhalese script)
𑩫𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
தாம்ரபர்ணீ (Tamil script)
తామ్రపర్ణీ (Telugu script)
ตามฺรปรฺณี (Thai script)
ཏཱ་མྲ་པ་རྞཱི (Tibetan script)
𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
𑨙𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ताम्र (tāmra, “copper”) +‎ पर्ण (parṇa, “leaf”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Some suppose the "town in Sri Lanka" sense to be a hypercorrect form of *ताम्रवर्णी (*tāmravarṇī, literally “copper-coloured”), but the Ashokan Prakrit forms make this problematic.

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːm.ɾɐ.pɐɾ.ɳiː/

Proper noun

ताम्रपर्णी • (tāmraparṇī) stem, f

Thamirabarani (a river in Tamil Nadu, India)
a town in Sri Lanka

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of ताम्रपर्णी
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ताम्रपर्णी (tāmraparṇī)	ताम्रपर्ण्यौ (tāmraparṇyau) ताम्रपर्णी¹ (tāmraparṇī¹)	ताम्रपर्ण्यः (tāmraparṇyaḥ) ताम्रपर्णीः¹ (tāmraparṇīḥ¹)
accusative	ताम्रपर्णीम् (tāmraparṇīm)	ताम्रपर्ण्यौ (tāmraparṇyau) ताम्रपर्णी¹ (tāmraparṇī¹)	ताम्रपर्णीः (tāmraparṇīḥ)
instrumental	ताम्रपर्ण्या (tāmraparṇyā)	ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् (tāmraparṇībhyām)	ताम्रपर्णीभिः (tāmraparṇībhiḥ)
dative	ताम्रपर्ण्यै (tāmraparṇyai)	ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् (tāmraparṇībhyām)	ताम्रपर्णीभ्यः (tāmraparṇībhyaḥ)
ablative	ताम्रपर्ण्याः (tāmraparṇyāḥ) ताम्रपर्ण्यै² (tāmraparṇyai²)	ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् (tāmraparṇībhyām)	ताम्रपर्णीभ्यः (tāmraparṇībhyaḥ)
genitive	ताम्रपर्ण्याः (tāmraparṇyāḥ) ताम्रपर्ण्यै² (tāmraparṇyai²)	ताम्रपर्ण्योः (tāmraparṇyoḥ)	ताम्रपर्णीनाम् (tāmraparṇīnām)
locative	ताम्रपर्ण्याम् (tāmraparṇyām)	ताम्रपर्ण्योः (tāmraparṇyoḥ)	ताम्रपर्णीषु (tāmraparṇīṣu)
vocative	ताम्रपर्णि (tāmraparṇi)	ताम्रपर्ण्यौ (tāmraparṇyau) ताम्रपर्णी¹ (tāmraparṇī¹)	ताम्रपर्ण्यः (tāmraparṇyaḥ) ताम्रपर्णीः¹ (tāmraparṇīḥ¹)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀺 (taṃbapaṃni), 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀡𑀺 (taṃbapaṃṇi), 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀡𑀺 (taṃbapaṇi)
- → Ancient Greek: Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē), Ταπροβανᾶ (Taprobanâ), Ταπροβανῆ (Taprobanê)
  - → Latin: Tāprobanē, Tāprobana
    - → English: Taprobana (learned)
    - → Portuguese: Taprobana (learned)
  - → Old English: Deprobane
Pali: tambapaṇṇī
- → Sinhalese: තම්බපණ්ණිය (tambapaṇṇiya)
→ Tamil: தாமிரபரணி (tāmiraparaṇi)
- → English: Thamirabarani

Noun

ताम्रपर्णी • (tāmraparṇī) stem, f

munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
A large lake.

References

Monier Williams (1899) “tāmrá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443.