mahaṇṇava

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀳𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• महण्णव (Devanagari script)
• মহণ্ণৰ (Bengali script)
• මහණ‍්ණව (Sinhalese script)
• မဟဏ္ဏဝ or မႁꧣ္ꧣဝ or မႁꧣ်ꧣဝ (Burmese script)
• มหณฺณว or มะหัณณะวะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩉᨱ᩠ᨱᩅ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຫຓ຺ຓວ or ມະຫັຓຓະວະ (Lao script)
• មហណ្ណវ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄦𑄕𑄴𑄕𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit महार्णव (mahārṇava). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀫𑀳𑀡𑁆𑀡𑀯 (mahaṇṇava).

Noun

mahaṇṇava m

1. an ocean

Declension

Declension table of "mahaṇṇava" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	mahaṇṇavo	mahaṇṇavā
Accusative (second)	mahaṇṇavaṃ	mahaṇṇave
Instrumental (third)	mahaṇṇavena	mahaṇṇavehi or mahaṇṇavebhi
Dative (fourth)	mahaṇṇavassa or mahaṇṇavāya or mahaṇṇavatthaṃ	mahaṇṇavānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	mahaṇṇavasmā or mahaṇṇavamhā or mahaṇṇavā	mahaṇṇavehi or mahaṇṇavebhi
Genitive (sixth)	mahaṇṇavassa	mahaṇṇavānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	mahaṇṇavasmiṃ or mahaṇṇavamhi or mahaṇṇave	mahaṇṇavesu
Vocative (calling)	mahaṇṇava	mahaṇṇavā

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mahaṇṇava”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press