haṃsa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀳𑀁𑀲 (Brahmi script)
  • हंस (Devanagari script)
  • হংস (Bengali script)
  • හංස (Sinhalese script)
  • ဟံသ or ႁံသ (Burmese script)
  • หํส or หังสะ (Thai script)
  • ᩉᩴᩈ or ᩉᩘᩈ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຫໍສ or ຫັງສະ (Lao script)
  • ហំស (Khmer script)
  • 𑄦𑄁𑄥 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa, “swan”).

Noun

haṃsa m[1]

  1. swan, goose[1]

Declension

Declension table of "haṃsa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)haṃsohaṃsā
Accusative (second)haṃsaṃhaṃse
Instrumental (third)haṃsenahaṃsehi or haṃsebhi
Dative (fourth)haṃsassa or haṃsāya or haṃsatthaṃhaṃsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)haṃsasmā or haṃsamhā or haṃsāhaṃsehi or haṃsebhi
Genitive (sixth)haṃsassahaṃsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)haṃsasmiṃ or haṃsamhi or haṃsehaṃsesu
Vocative (calling)haṃsahaṃsā

Descendants

  • → Thai: หงส์ (hǒng)
  • → Khmer: ហង្ស (hɑng)
  • → Mon: ဟံသာ
  • → Burmese: ဟင်္သာ (hangsa)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 151.
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