ससा

See also: सस, ससं, सास, सांस, साँस, सासु, सासू, सांसें, सीस, सीसं, सेस, and सोस

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘭𑘭𑘰 (sasā), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀲𑀕 / ससग / ಸಸಗ (sasaga), from Sanskrit शशक (śaśaka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.sa/
• Hyphenation: स‧सा

Noun

ससा • (sasā) m

1. rabbit

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “ससा”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 155.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ससा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 835
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ससा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 3062.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śaśá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 716

Old Marathi

Noun

ससा (sasā) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑘭𑘭𑘰 (“rabbit, hare”)

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• sasā (Latin script)
• 𑀲𑀲𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• সসা (Bengali script)
• සසා (Sinhalese script)
• သသာ or သသႃ (Burmese script)
• สสา or สะสา (Thai script)
• ᩈᩈᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ສສາ or ສະສາ (Lao script)
• សសា (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄥𑄂 (Chakma script)

Noun

ससा (sasā)

1. Devanagari script form of sasā, which is inflection of सस:
   1. ablative singular
   2. nominative/vocative plural (sasa, “hare”)