majjāra

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• मज्जार (Devanagari script)
• মজ্জার (Bengali script)
• මජ‍්ජාර (Sinhalese script)
• မဇ္ဇာရ or မၹ္ၹႃရ or မၹ်ၹႃရ (Burmese script)
• มชฺชาร or มัชชาระ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨩ᩠ᨩᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຊ຺ຊາຣ or ມັຊຊາຣະ (Lao script)
• មជ្ជារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄎𑄴𑄎𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मार्जार (mārjāra). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀫𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀸𑀭 (majjāra), 𑀫𑀁𑀚𑀸𑀭 (maṃjāra).

Noun

majjāra m (feminine majjārī)

1. cat

Declension

Declension table of "majjāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	majjāro	majjārā
Accusative (second)	majjāraṃ	majjāre
Instrumental (third)	majjārena	majjārehi or majjārebhi
Dative (fourth)	majjārassa or majjārāya or majjāratthaṃ	majjārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	majjārasmā or majjāramhā or majjārā	majjārehi or majjārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	majjārassa	majjārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	majjārasmiṃ or majjāramhi or majjāre	majjāresu
Vocative (calling)	majjāra	majjārā

Descendants

• → Thai: มัชชาระ (mát-chaa-rá)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “majjāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 580
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “majjāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 514