khajjopanaka

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀔𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀧𑀦𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• खज्जोपनक (Devanagari script)
• খজ্জোপনক (Bengali script)
• ඛජ‍්ජොපනක (Sinhalese script)
• ခဇ္ဇောပနက or ၶၹ္ၹေႃပၼၵ or ၶၹ်ၹေႃပၼၵ (Burmese script)
• ขชฺโชปนก or ขัชโชปะนะกะ (Thai script)
• ᨡᨩ᩠ᨩᩮᩣᨷᨶᨠ (Tai Tham script)
• ຂຊ຺ໂຊປນກ or ຂັຊໂຊປະນະກະ (Lao script)
• ខជ្ជោបនក (Khmer script)
• 𑄈𑄎𑄴𑄎𑄮𑄛𑄚𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ख (kha, “sky; emptiness”) + *द्योपन (dyopana) (compare द्योतन (dyotana, “shining, illuminating”)) + -क (-ka); compare खद्योत (khadyota).

Noun

khajjopanaka m

1. firefly

Declension

Declension table of "khajjopanaka" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	khajjopanako	khajjopanakā
Accusative (second)	khajjopanakaṃ	khajjopanake
Instrumental (third)	khajjopanakena	khajjopanakehi or khajjopanakebhi
Dative (fourth)	khajjopanakassa or khajjopanakāya or khajjopanakatthaṃ	khajjopanakānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	khajjopanakasmā or khajjopanakamhā or khajjopanakā	khajjopanakehi or khajjopanakebhi
Genitive (sixth)	khajjopanakassa	khajjopanakānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	khajjopanakasmiṃ or khajjopanakamhi or khajjopanake	khajjopanakesu
Vocative (calling)	khajjopanaka	khajjopanakā

Alternative forms

• khajjūpanaka

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “khajjopanaka”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 231
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khajjōpanaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 200