වෙර

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vera (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑁂𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• वेर (Devanagari script)
• ৰের (Bengali script)
• ဝေရ (Burmese script)
• เวร or เวระ (Thai script)
• ᩅᩮᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ເວຣ or ເວຣະ (Lao script)
• វេរ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄬𑄢 (Chakma script)

Noun

වෙර n

1. Sinhala script form of vera (“hatred”)
   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[1], Colombo, 2009:

     3. අක‍්කොච‍්ඡි මං අවධි මං අජිනි මං අහාසි මෙ
     යෙ තං උපනය‍්හන‍්ති වෙරං තෙසං න සම‍්මති

     3. akkocchi maṃ avadhi maṃ ajini maṃ ahāsi me
     ye taṃ upanayhanti veraṃ tesaṃ na sammati

     He abused me, he struck me, he defeated me, he robbed me.
     Hatred does not subside for those who nurse grudges thus.

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[2], Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Declension

Declension table of "වෙර" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	වෙරං (veraṃ)	වෙරානි (verāni)
Accusative (second)	වෙරං (veraṃ)	වෙරානි (verāni)
Instrumental (third)	වෙරෙන (verena)	වෙරෙහි (verehi) or වෙරෙභි (verebhi)
Dative (fourth)	වෙරස‍්ස (verassa) or වෙරාය (verāya) or වෙරත්‍ථං (veratthaṃ)	වෙරානං (verānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	වෙරස‍්මා (verasmā) or වෙරම‍්හා (veramhā) or වෙරා (verā)	වෙරෙහි (verehi) or වෙරෙභි (verebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	වෙරස‍්ස (verassa)	වෙරානං (verānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	වෙරස‍්මිං (verasmiṃ) or වෙරම‍්හි (veramhi) or වෙරෙ (vere)	වෙරෙසු (veresu)
Vocative (calling)	වෙර (vera)	වෙරානි (verāni)