hemanta

Ainu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [hè̞ꜛmántá]

Pronoun

hemanta (Kana spelling ヘマンタ)

  1. (interrogative) what

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • hemanta gusu (“why”)

See also

Ainu interrogative pronouns
Personal Qualitative Quantitative Temporal Spacial
what? who? which? what kind of? how? how many? when? where?
, nep hunna, nen inan mak, makanak, nekon henpak henpara hunak

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀳𑁂𑀫𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • हेमन्त (Devanagari script)
  • হেমন্ত (Bengali script)
  • හෙමන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • ဟေမန္တ or ႁေမၼ္တ or ႁေမၼ်တ (Burmese script)
  • เหมนฺต or เหมันตะ (Thai script)
  • ᩉᩮᨾᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ເຫມນ຺ຕ or ເຫມັນຕະ (Lao script)
  • ហេមន្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑄦𑄬𑄟𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit हेमन्त (hemanta).

Noun

hemanta m

  1. winter

Declension

Declension table of "hemanta" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)hemantohemantā
Accusative (second)hemantaṃhemante
Instrumental (third)hemantenahemantehi or hemantebhi
Dative (fourth)hemantassa or hemantāya or hemantatthaṃhemantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)hemantasmā or hemantamhā or hemantāhemantehi or hemantebhi
Genitive (sixth)hemantassahemantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)hemantasmiṃ or hemantamhi or hemantehemantesu
Vocative (calling)hemantahemantā

Descendants

  • → Burmese: ဟေမန္တ (hemanta.), ဟေမန် (heman) (learned)
  • → Khmer: ហេមន្ត (heemɑn) (learned)

Further reading

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