byañjana

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀩𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
• ब्यञ्जन (Devanagari script)
• ব্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
• බ්‍යඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
• ဗျဉ္ဇန or ၿျၺ္ၹၼ or ၿျၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
• พฺยญฺชน or พยัญชะนะ (Thai script)
• ᨻ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
• ພ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ or ພຍັຎຊະນະ or ພຢັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
• ព្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
• 𑄝𑄳𑄠𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

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)

Etymology

Alternative form of vyañjana, which see for further information.

Noun

byañjana n

1. sign
2. mark
3. (grammar) letter
4. letter (as opposed to spirit)

Declension

Declension table of "byañjana" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	byañjanaṃ	byañjanāni or byañjanā
Accusative (second)	byañjanaṃ	byañjanāni
Instrumental (third)	byañjanena	byañjanehi or byañjanebhi
Dative (fourth)	byañjanassa or byañjanāya or byañjanatthaṃ	byañjanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	byañjanasmā or byañjanamhā or byañjanā	byañjanehi or byañjanebhi
Genitive (sixth)	byañjanassa	byañjanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	byañjanasmiṃ or byañjanamhi or byañjane	byañjanesu
Vocative (calling)	byañjana	byañjanāni

Descendants

• Burmese: ဗျည်း (byany:, “letter”)
• Khmer: ព្យញ្ជន (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ, “letter”), ព្យញ្ជនៈ (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ, “letter”)
• Northern Thai: ᨻ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (“letter”)
• Thai: พยัญชนะ (pá-yan-chá-ná, “letter”)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “byañjana”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead