ताम्रपर्णी

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• তাম্ৰপৰ্ণী (Assamese script)
• ᬢᬵᬫ᭄ᬭᬧᬃᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• তাম্রপর্ণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰯𑰦𑰿𑰨𑰢𑰨𑰿𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑀸𑀫𑁆𑀭𑀧𑀭𑁆𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• တာမြပရ်္ဏီ (Burmese script)
• તામ્રપર્ણી (Gujarati script)
• ਤਾਮ੍ਰਪਰ੍ਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌤𑌾𑌮𑍍𑌰𑌪𑌰𑍍𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦠꦴꦩꦿꦥꦂꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂞𑂰𑂧𑂹𑂩𑂣𑂩𑂹𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ತಾಮ್ರಪರ್ಣೀ (Kannada script)
• តាម្របណ៌ី (Khmer script)
• ຕາມ຺ຣປຣ຺ຓີ (Lao script)
• താമ്രപര്ണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᢠᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠮᡵᠠᢒᠠᡵᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘝𑘰𑘦𑘿𑘨𑘢𑘨𑘿𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠠᢗᠮᠷᠠᢒᠠᠷᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦽𑧑𑧆𑧠𑧈𑧂𑧈𑧠𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐵𑐩𑑂𑐬𑐥𑐬𑑂𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ତାମ୍ରପର୍ଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢡꢵꢪ꣄ꢬꢦꢬ꣄ꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆳𑆩𑇀𑆫𑆥𑆫𑇀𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖯𑖦𑖿𑖨𑖢𑖨𑖿𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• තාම්‍රපර්‍ණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩫𑩛𑩴 𑪙𑩼𑩰𑩼 𑪙𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚙𑚭𑚢𑚶𑚤𑚞𑚤𑚶𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• தாம்ரபர்ணீ (Tamil script)
• తామ్రపర్ణీ (Telugu script)
• ตามฺรปรฺณี (Thai script)
• ཏཱ་མྲ་པ་རྞཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒰𑒧𑓂𑒩𑒣𑒩𑓂𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨙𑨊𑨢𑩇𑨫𑨞𑨫𑩇𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From ताम्र (tāmra, “copper”) +‎ पर्ण (parṇa, “leaf”) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Some suppose the "town in Sri Lanka" sense to be a hypercorrect form of *ताम्रवर्णी (tāmravarṇī, literally “copper-coloured”), but the Ashokan Prakrit forms make this problematic.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /t̪ɑːm.ɾɐˈpɐɾ.ɳiː/

Proper noun

ताम्रपर्णी • (tāmraparṇī) stem, f

1. Thamirabarani (a river in Tamil Nadu, India)
2. A town in Sri Lanka.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of ताम्रपर्णी (tāmraparṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ताम्रपर्णी tāmraparṇī	ताम्रपर्ण्यौ / ताम्रपर्णी¹ tāmraparṇyau / tāmraparṇī¹	ताम्रपर्ण्यः / ताम्रपर्णीः¹ tāmraparṇyaḥ / tāmraparṇīḥ¹
Vocative	ताम्रपर्णि tāmraparṇi	ताम्रपर्ण्यौ / ताम्रपर्णी¹ tāmraparṇyau / tāmraparṇī¹	ताम्रपर्ण्यः / ताम्रपर्णीः¹ tāmraparṇyaḥ / tāmraparṇīḥ¹
Accusative	ताम्रपर्णीम् tāmraparṇīm	ताम्रपर्ण्यौ / ताम्रपर्णी¹ tāmraparṇyau / tāmraparṇī¹	ताम्रपर्णीः tāmraparṇīḥ
Instrumental	ताम्रपर्ण्या tāmraparṇyā	ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् tāmraparṇībhyām	ताम्रपर्णीभिः tāmraparṇībhiḥ
Dative	ताम्रपर्ण्यै tāmraparṇyai	ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् tāmraparṇībhyām	ताम्रपर्णीभ्यः tāmraparṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	ताम्रपर्ण्याः / ताम्रपर्ण्यै² tāmraparṇyāḥ / tāmraparṇyai²	ताम्रपर्णीभ्याम् tāmraparṇībhyām	ताम्रपर्णीभ्यः tāmraparṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	ताम्रपर्ण्याः / ताम्रपर्ण्यै² tāmraparṇyāḥ / tāmraparṇyai²	ताम्रपर्ण्योः tāmraparṇyoḥ	ताम्रपर्णीनाम् tāmraparṇīnām
Locative	ताम्रपर्ण्याम् tāmraparṇyām	ताम्रपर्ण्योः tāmraparṇyoḥ	ताम्रपर्णीषु tāmraparṇīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀦𑀺 (taṃbapaṃni), 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀁𑀡𑀺 (taṃbapaṃṇi), 𑀢𑀁𑀩𑀧𑀡𑀺 (taṃbapaṇi)
  • → Ancient Greek: Ταπροβάνη (Taprobánē), Ταπροβανᾶ (Taprobanâ), Ταπροβανῆ (Taprobanê)
    • → Latin: Tāprobanē, Tāprobana
    • → Portuguese: Taprobana (learned)
• Pali: tambapaṇṇī
  • → Sinhalese: තම්බපණ්ණිය (tambapaṇṇiya)
• → Tamil: தாமிரபரணி (tāmiraparaṇi)
  • → English: Thamirabarani

Noun

ताम्रपर्णी • (tāmraparṇī) stem, f

1. munjeet (Rubia cordifolia)
2. A large lake.

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “tāmrá”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 443.