kantā

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀓𑀦𑁆𑀢𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • कन्ता (Devanagari script)
  • কন্তা (Bengali script)
  • කන‍්තා (Sinhalese script)
  • ကန္တာ or ၵၼ္တႃ or ၵၼ်တႃ (Burmese script)
  • กนฺตา or กันตา (Thai script)
  • ᨠᨶ᩠ᨲᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກນ຺ຕາ or ກັນຕາ (Lao script)
  • កន្តា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective)

Noun

kantā f

  1. beloved woman[1]
  2. woman[2]

Declension
Declension table of "kantā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kantākantāyo or kantā
Accusative (second)kantaṃkantāyo or kantā
Instrumental (third)kantāyakantāhi or kantābhi
Dative (fourth)kantāyakantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kantāyakantāhi or kantābhi
Genitive (sixth)kantāyakantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kantāya or kantāyaṃkantāsu
Vocative (calling)kantekantāyo or kantā

Noun

kantā m

  1. inflection of kanta (“husband”):
    1. ablative singular
    2. nominative/vocative plural

References
  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 184.
  2. Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.
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