amejjha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀅𑀫𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀛 (Brahmi script)
• अमेज्झ (Devanagari script)
• অমেজ্ঝ (Bengali script)
• අමෙජ‍්ඣ (Sinhalese script)
• အမေဇ္ဈ or အမေဇ္ၛ or ဢမေၹ္ꧢ or ဢမေၹ်ꧢ (Burmese script)
• อเมชฺฌ or อะเมชฌะ (Thai script)
• ᩋᨾᩮᨩ᩠ᨫ (Tai Tham script)
• ອເມຊ຺ຌ or ອະເມຊຌະ (Lao script)
• អមេជ្ឈ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄟𑄬𑄎𑄴𑄏 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अमेध्य (amedhya). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁂𑀚𑁆𑀛 (amĕjjha), 𑀅𑀫𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀛 (amijjha). By surface analysis, a- +‎ mejjha.

Adjective

amejjha

1. impure

   Antonyms: suddha, mejjha

Declension

Declension table of "amejjha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	amejjho	amejjhā
Accusative (second)	amejjhaṃ	amejjhe
Instrumental (third)	amejjhena	amejjhehi or amejjhebhi
Dative (fourth)	amejjhassa or amejjhāya or amejjhatthaṃ	amejjhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	amejjhasmā or amejjhamhā or amejjhā	amejjhehi or amejjhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	amejjhassa	amejjhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	amejjhasmiṃ or amejjhamhi or amejjhe	amejjhesu
Vocative (calling)	amejjha	amejjhā

Declension table of "amejjhā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	amejjhā	amejjhāyo or amejjhā
Accusative (second)	amejjhaṃ	amejjhāyo or amejjhā
Instrumental (third)	amejjhāya	amejjhāhi or amejjhābhi
Dative (fourth)	amejjhāya	amejjhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	amejjhāya	amejjhāhi or amejjhābhi
Genitive (sixth)	amejjhāya	amejjhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	amejjhāya or amejjhāyaṃ	amejjhāsu
Vocative (calling)	amejjhe	amejjhāyo or amejjhā

Declension table of "amejjha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	amejjhaṃ	amejjhāni
Accusative (second)	amejjhaṃ	amejjhāni
Instrumental (third)	amejjhena	amejjhehi or amejjhebhi
Dative (fourth)	amejjhassa or amejjhāya or amejjhatthaṃ	amejjhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	amejjhasmā or amejjhamhā or amejjhā	amejjhehi or amejjhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	amejjhassa	amejjhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	amejjhasmiṃ or amejjhamhi or amejjhe	amejjhesu
Vocative (calling)	amejjha	amejjhāni

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “amejjha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 540