āhāra

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आहार (āhāra, “food”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ha.ra/
• Hyphenation: a‧ha‧ra

Noun

āhāra

1. food
2. livelihood

Alternative forms

• ara,
• hara,
• hāra

Derived terms

• mahāra

• agnihāra
• agniāhāra
• arṇawāhāra
• bāyuhāra
• mārutāhāra
• nirāhāra
• pattrāhāra
• phalāhāra
• pāpaāhāra
• toyāhāra

Descendants

• → Indonesian: hara (“nutrient”) (learned)

Further reading

• P. J. Zoetmulder (1982) Old Javanese-English dictionary‎^[1], 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, →ISBN, →OCLC

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀆𑀳𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• आहार (Devanagari script)
• আহার (Bengali script)
• ආහාර (Sinhalese script)
• အာဟာရ or ဢႃႁႃရ (Burmese script)
• อาหาร or อาหาระ (Thai script)
• ᩋᩣᩉᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ອາຫາຣ or ອາຫາຣະ (Lao script)
• អាហារ (Khmer script)
• 𑄃𑄂𑄦𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आहार (āhāra). The Pali root is har .

Noun

āhāra m

1. feeding, support, food, nutriment

Declension

Declension table of "āhāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	āhāro	āhārā
Accusative (second)	āhāraṃ	āhāre
Instrumental (third)	āhārena	āhārehi or āhārebhi
Dative (fourth)	āhārassa or āhārāya or āhāratthaṃ	āhārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	āhārasmā or āhāramhā or āhārā	āhārehi or āhārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	āhārassa	āhārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	āhārasmiṃ or āhāramhi or āhāre	āhāresu
Vocative (calling)	āhāra	āhārā

Derived terms

• appāhāratā

Descendants

• → Burmese: အာဟာရ (ahara.)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āhāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 69
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “āhāra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 117