nāsā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nasa"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀦𑀸𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • नासा (Devanagari script)
  • নাসা (Bengali script)
  • නාසා (Sinhalese script)
  • နာသာ or ၼႃသႃ (Burmese script)
  • นาสา (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩣᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນາສາ (Lao script)
  • នាសា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄂𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नासा (nāsā), nominative dual of Sanskrit नस् (nas, “nostril, nose”).

Noun

nāsā f

  1. nose
  2. trunk (of an elephant)

Declension

Declension table of "nāsā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nāsānāsāyo or nāsā
Accusative (second)nāsaṃnāsāyo or nāsā
Instrumental (third)nāsāyanāsāhi or nāsābhi
Dative (fourth)nāsāyanāsānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nāsāyanāsāhi or nāsābhi
Genitive (sixth)nāsāyanāsānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nāsāya or nāsāyaṃnāsāsu
Vocative (calling)nāsenāsāyo or nāsā

References

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

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.