अर्धमास

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

অৰ্ধমাস (Assamese script)
ᬅᬃᬥᬫᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
অর্ধমাস (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰠𑰦𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
အရ်္ဓမာသ (Burmese script)
અર્ધમાસ (Gujarati script)
ਅਰ੍ਧਮਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦂꦣꦩꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂡𑂧𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
ಅರ್ಧಮಾಸ (Kannada script)
អធ៌មាស (Khmer script)
ອຣ຺ຘມາສ (Lao script)
അര്ധമാസ (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡵᢡᠠᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘠𑘦𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
ᠠᠷᢑᠾᠠᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧀𑧆𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐢𑐩𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
ଅର୍ଧମାସ (Odia script)
ꢂꢬ꣄ꢤꢪꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆣𑆩𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖠𑖦𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
අර්‍ධමාස (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩮𑩴𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚜𑚢𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
அர்த⁴மாஸ (Tamil script)
అర్ధమాస (Telugu script)
อรฺธมาส (Thai script)
ཨ་རྡྷ་མཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒡𑒧𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨜𑨢𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अर्ध (ardha, “half”) +‎ मास (māsa, “month”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.dʱɐ.mɑː.sɐ́/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.d̪ʱɐˈmɑː.s̪ɐ/

Noun

अर्धमास • (ardhamāsá) stem, m

a fortnight, a halfmonth
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) 5.1.8:
  चतुर्विꣳशतिम् अन्व् आह चतुर्विꣳशतिर् अर्धमासाः संवत्सरः
  caturviṃśatim anv āha caturviṃśatir ardhamāsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ
  Twenty-four (verses) he recites; (and) the year has twenty-four half-months.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of अर्धमास (ardhamāsá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	अर्धमासः ardhamāsáḥ	अर्धमासौ / अर्धमासा¹ ardhamāsaú / ardhamāsā́¹	अर्धमासाः / अर्धमासासः¹ ardhamāsā́ḥ / ardhamāsā́saḥ¹
Vocative	अर्धमास árdhamāsa	अर्धमासौ / अर्धमासा¹ árdhamāsau / árdhamāsā¹	अर्धमासाः / अर्धमासासः¹ árdhamāsāḥ / árdhamāsāsaḥ¹
Accusative	अर्धमासम् ardhamāsám	अर्धमासौ / अर्धमासा¹ ardhamāsaú / ardhamāsā́¹	अर्धमासान् ardhamāsā́n
Instrumental	अर्धमासेन ardhamāséna	अर्धमासाभ्याम् ardhamāsā́bhyām	अर्धमासैः / अर्धमासेभिः¹ ardhamāsaíḥ / ardhamāsébhiḥ¹
Dative	अर्धमासाय ardhamāsā́ya	अर्धमासाभ्याम् ardhamāsā́bhyām	अर्धमासेभ्यः ardhamāsébhyaḥ
Ablative	अर्धमासात् ardhamāsā́t	अर्धमासाभ्याम् ardhamāsā́bhyām	अर्धमासेभ्यः ardhamāsébhyaḥ
Genitive	अर्धमासस्य ardhamāsásya	अर्धमासयोः ardhamāsáyoḥ	अर्धमासानाम् ardhamāsā́nām
Locative	अर्धमासे ardhamāsé	अर्धमासयोः ardhamāsáyoḥ	अर्धमासेषु ardhamāséṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

Pali: aḍḍhamāsa
Prakrit: 𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀲 (addhamāsa)
Southern:
- Sinhalese: අඩමස (aḍamasa)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “अर्धमास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 92.