kappara

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• कप्पर (Devanagari script)
• কপ্পর (Bengali script)
• කප‍්පර (Sinhalese script)
• ကပ္ပရ or ၵပ္ပရ or ၵပ်ပရ (Burmese script)
• กปฺปร or กัปปะระ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨷ᩠ᨷᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ກປ຺ປຣ or ກັປປະຣະ (Lao script)
• កប្បរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄛𑄴𑄛𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Probably inherited from Sanskrit कूर्पर (kūrpara), with the first vowel assimilating to the second. In this case, the intermediate stage is represented by Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀭 (kuppara).

Noun

kappara m

1. elbow
   • c. 420 AD, Buddhaghosa, Pāthikavaɡɡaṭṭhakathā‎^[1], page 4; republished Yanɡon, Myanmar: Ministry of Reliɡious Affairs, 2008:

     Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṁ ṭhapetvā vicarati.

     'Catukkuṇḍiko': He moves with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground.

Declension

Declension table of "kappara" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kapparo	kapparā
Accusative (second)	kapparaṃ	kappare
Instrumental (third)	kapparena	kapparehi or kapparebhi
Dative (fourth)	kapparassa or kapparāya or kapparatthaṃ	kapparānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kapparasmā or kapparamhā or kapparā	kapparehi or kapparebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kapparassa	kapparānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kapparasmiṃ or kapparamhi or kappare	kapparesu
Vocative (calling)	kappara	kapparā