hadaya

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

• 𑀳𑀤𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• हदय (Devanagari script)
• হদয (Bengali script)
• හදය (Sinhalese script)
• ဟဒယ or ႁၻယ (Burmese script)
• หทย or หะทะยะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᨴᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ຫທຍ or ຫະທະຍະ or ຫະທະຢະ (Lao script)
• ហទយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄘𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology

PIE word
*ḱérd

Inherited from Sanskrit हृदय (hṛ́daya). Cognate with Gandhari 𐨱𐨁𐨡𐨩 (hidaya), Maharastri Prakrit 𑀳𑀺𑀅𑀅 (hiaa), Paisaci Prakrit 𑀳𑀺𑀢𑀅 (hitaa), Magadhi Prakrit 𑀳𑀮𑀅 (halaa).

Noun

hadaya n

1. (anatomy) heart
2. feeling

Declension

Declension table of "hadaya" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	hadayaṃ	hadayāni
Accusative (second)	hadayaṃ	hadayāni
Instrumental (third)	hadayena	hadayehi or hadayebhi
Dative (fourth)	hadayassa or hadayāya or hadayatthaṃ	hadayānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	hadayasmā or hadayamhā or hadayā	hadayehi or hadayebhi
Genitive (sixth)	hadayassa	hadayānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	hadayasmiṃ or hadayamhi or hadaye	hadayesu
Vocative (calling)	hadaya	hadayāni

Descendants

• → Lao: ຫະໄທ (ha thai)
• → Thai: หทัย

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “hadaya”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 729
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hadaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 818