nāvā

See also: nava and navă

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀦𑀸𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • नावा (Devanagari script)
  • নাৰা (Bengali script)
  • නාවා (Sinhalese script)
  • နာဝါ or ၼႃဝႃ (Burmese script)
  • นาวา (Thai script)
  • ᨶᩣᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
  • ນາວາ (Lao script)
  • នាវា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄚𑄂𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नौ (naú), नावा (nāvā́). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀯𑀸 (ṇāvā).

Noun

nāvā f

  1. ship, boat
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎[1], page 336:
      තස‍්ස එවමස‍්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ‍්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං. නත්‍ථි ච නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.
      Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.
      Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.

Declension

Declension table of "nāvā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nāvānāvāyo or nāvā
Accusative (second)nāvaṃnāvāyo or nāvā
Instrumental (third)nāvāyanāvāhi or nāvābhi
Dative (fourth)nāvāyanāvānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nāvāyanāvāhi or nāvābhi
Genitive (sixth)nāvāyanāvānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nāvāya or nāvāyaṃnāvāsu
Vocative (calling)nāvenāvāyo or nāvā

Further reading

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