लङ्का
Pali
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Proper noun
editलङ्का f
- Devanagari script form of laṅkā (“Sri Lanka”)
Declension
editDeclension table of "लङ्का" (feminine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | लङ्का (laṅkā) | लङ्कायो (laṅkāyo) or लङ्का (laṅkā) |
Accusative (second) | लङ्कं (laṅkaṃ) | लङ्कायो (laṅkāyo) or लङ्का (laṅkā) |
Instrumental (third) | लङ्काय (laṅkāya) | लङ्काहि (laṅkāhi) or लङ्काभि (laṅkābhi) |
Dative (fourth) | लङ्काय (laṅkāya) | लङ्कानं (laṅkānaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | लङ्काय (laṅkāya) | लङ्काहि (laṅkāhi) or लङ्काभि (laṅkābhi) |
Genitive (sixth) | लङ्काय (laṅkāya) | लङ्कानं (laṅkānaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | लङ्काय (laṅkāya) or लङ्कायं (laṅkāyaṃ) | लङ्कासु (laṅkāsu) |
Vocative (calling) | लङ्के (laṅke) | लङ्कायो (laṅkāyo) or लङ्का (laṅkā) |
Sanskrit
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- লঙ্কা (Assamese script)
- ᬮᬗ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- লঙ্কা (Bengali script)
- 𑰩𑰒𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀮𑀗𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- လင်္ကာ (Burmese script)
- લઙ્કા (Gujarati script)
- ਲਙ੍ਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌲𑌙𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦭꦔ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂪𑂑𑂹𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಲಙ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
- លង្កា (Khmer script)
- ລງ຺ກາ (Lao script)
- ലങ്കാ (Malayalam script)
- ᠯᠠᢛᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘩𑘒𑘿𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠯᠠᢊᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧉𑦲𑧠𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐮𑐒𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଲଙ୍କା (Odia script)
- ꢭꢖ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆬𑆕𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖩𑖒𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ලඞ්කා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩽𑩠 𑪙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚥𑚎𑚶𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- லங்கா (Tamil script)
- లఙ్కా (Telugu script)
- ลงฺกา (Thai script)
- ལ་ངྐཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒪𑒓𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨬𑨏𑩇𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
editOf unexplained origin.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ɐŋ.kɑː/
Proper noun
editलङ्का • (laṅkā) stem, f
Declension
editFeminine ā-stem declension of लङ्का (laṅkā) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | लङ्का laṅkā |
लङ्के laṅke |
लङ्काः laṅkāḥ |
Vocative | लङ्के laṅke |
लङ्के laṅke |
लङ्काः laṅkāḥ |
Accusative | लङ्काम् laṅkām |
लङ्के laṅke |
लङ्काः laṅkāḥ |
Instrumental | लङ्कया / लङ्का¹ laṅkayā / laṅkā¹ |
लङ्काभ्याम् laṅkābhyām |
लङ्काभिः laṅkābhiḥ |
Dative | लङ्कायै laṅkāyai |
लङ्काभ्याम् laṅkābhyām |
लङ्काभ्यः laṅkābhyaḥ |
Ablative | लङ्कायाः / लङ्कायै² laṅkāyāḥ / laṅkāyai² |
लङ्काभ्याम् laṅkābhyām |
लङ्काभ्यः laṅkābhyaḥ |
Genitive | लङ्कायाः / लङ्कायै² laṅkāyāḥ / laṅkāyai² |
लङ्कयोः laṅkayoḥ |
लङ्कानाम् laṅkānām |
Locative | लङ्कायाम् laṅkāyām |
लङ्कयोः laṅkayoḥ |
लङ्कासु laṅkāsu |
Notes |
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Descendants
edit- → Hindi: लंका (laṅkā)
- → Pali: laṅkā
- → Sinhalese: ලංකා (laṁkā)
- → Tamil: இலங்கை (ilaṅkai), லங்கை (laṅkai), லங்கா (laṅkā), லங்க (laṅka)
- → Malay: langgar لڠݢر
References
edit- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “लङ्का”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
- Monier Williams (1899) “Laṅkā”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 894/3.