ब्यञ्जन
Pali
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[edit]Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- vyañjana (Latin script)
- 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
- व्यञ्जन (Devanagari script)
- ৰ্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
- ව්යඤ්ජන (Sinhalese script)
- ဝျဉ္ဇန or ဝျၺ္ၹၼ or ဝျၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
- วฺยญฺชน or วยัญชะนะ (Thai script)
- ᩅ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
- ວ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ or ວຍັຎຊະນະ or ວຢັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
- វ្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
- 𑅇𑄳𑄠𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)
Noun
[edit]ब्यञ्जन n
- Devanagari script form of byañjana (“mark; letter”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 18; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- सरम्हा परस्स ब्यञ्जनस्स द्वेभावो होति ठाने ।
- saramhā parassa byañjanassa dvebhāvo hoti ṭhāne.
- There is doubling of a consonant after a vowel when appropriate.
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "ब्यञ्जन" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | ब्यञ्जनं (byañjanaṃ) | ब्यञ्जनानि (byañjanāni) or ब्यञ्जना (byañjanā) |
| Accusative (second) | ब्यञ्जनं (byañjanaṃ) | ब्यञ्जनानि (byañjanāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | ब्यञ्जनेन (byañjanena) | ब्यञ्जनेहि (byañjanehi) or ब्यञ्जनेभि (byañjanebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | ब्यञ्जनस्स (byañjanassa) or ब्यञ्जनाय (byañjanāya) or ब्यञ्जनत्थं (byañjanatthaṃ) | ब्यञ्जनानं (byañjanānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | ब्यञ्जनस्मा (byañjanasmā) or ब्यञ्जनम्हा (byañjanamhā) or ब्यञ्जना (byañjanā) | ब्यञ्जनेहि (byañjanehi) or ब्यञ्जनेभि (byañjanebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | ब्यञ्जनस्स (byañjanassa) | ब्यञ्जनानं (byañjanānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | ब्यञ्जनस्मिं (byañjanasmiṃ) or ब्यञ्जनम्हि (byañjanamhi) or ब्यञ्जने (byañjane) | ब्यञ्जनेसु (byañjanesu) |
| Vocative (calling) | ब्यञ्जन (byañjana) | ब्यञ्जनानि (byañjanāni) |