ivaṇṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀇𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• इवण्ण (Devanagari script)
• ইৰণ্ণ (Bengali script)
• ඉවණ‍්ණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဣဝဏ္ဏ or ဢိဝꧣ္ꧣ or ဢိဝꧣ်ꧣ (Burmese script)
• อิวณฺณ or อิวัณณะ (Thai script)
• ᩍᩅᨱ᩠ᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ອິວຓ຺ຓ or ອິວັຓຓະ (Lao script)
• ឥវណ្ណ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄨𑅇𑄕𑄴𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

i (“the vowel sound /i/ or its letter”) +‎ vaṇṇa (“vowel”), probably a calque of Sanskrit इवर्ण (ivarṇa), but note the subtly different meaning.

Noun

ivaṇṇa m

1. vowel 'i' or 'ī' or its sound
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1], page 14; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     इवण्णो यं न वा॥१०॥
     पुब्बो इवण्णो सरे परे यकारं पप्पोति न वा।पटिसन्थारवुत्‍यस्स; सब्बा वित्यनुभूयते।नवाति क्समा? पञ्चहङ्गेहि समन्नागतो; मुत्तचागी अनुद्धतो।

     10. Ivaṇṇo yaṃ na vā.
     Pubbo ivaṇṇo sare pare yakāraṃ pappoti na vā. Paṭisunthāravutyassa; sabbā vityānubhūyate. Navāti kasmā? Pañcahaṅgehi samannāgato; muttacāgī anuddhato.

     An i-vowel may become 'y'.
     A preceding i-vowel next to another vowel may become a 'y'. (Exx:) Paṭisunthāravutyassa; sabbā vityānubhūyate. Why 'may'? (Counter-examples:) Pañcahaṅgehi samannāgato; muttacāgī anuddhato.

Declension

Declension table of "ivaṇṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	ivaṇṇo	ivaṇṇā
Accusative (second)	ivaṇṇaṃ	ivaṇṇe
Instrumental (third)	ivaṇṇena	ivaṇṇehi or ivaṇṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	ivaṇṇassa or ivaṇṇāya or ivaṇṇatthaṃ	ivaṇṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	ivaṇṇasmā or ivaṇṇamhā or ivaṇṇā	ivaṇṇehi or ivaṇṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	ivaṇṇassa	ivaṇṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	ivaṇṇasmiṃ or ivaṇṇamhi or ivaṇṇe	ivaṇṇesu
Vocative (calling)	ivaṇṇa	ivaṇṇā

Hyponyms

• ikāra (“the letter 'i'”)
• īkāra (“the letter 'ī'”)