dakkhiṇā

See also: dakkhiṇa

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀤𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺𑀡𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• दक्खिणा (Devanagari script)
• দক্খিণা (Bengali script)
• දක‍්ඛිණා (Sinhalese script)
• ဒက္ခိဏာ or ၻၵ္ၶိꧣႃ or ၻၵ်ၶိꧣႃ (Burmese script)
• ทกฺขิณา or ทักขิณา (Thai script)
• ᨴᨠ᩠ᨡᩥᨱᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ທກ຺ຂິຓາ or ທັກຂິຓາ (Lao script)
• ទក្ខិណា (Khmer script)
• 𑄘𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄨𑄕𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā, “donation”).

Noun

dakkhiṇā f

1. donation

Declension

Declension table of "dakkhiṇā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	dakkhiṇā	dakkhiṇāyo or dakkhiṇā
Accusative (second)	dakkhiṇaṃ	dakkhiṇāyo or dakkhiṇā
Instrumental (third)	dakkhiṇāya	dakkhiṇāhi or dakkhiṇābhi
Dative (fourth)	dakkhiṇāya	dakkhiṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	dakkhiṇāya	dakkhiṇāhi or dakkhiṇābhi
Genitive (sixth)	dakkhiṇāya	dakkhiṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	dakkhiṇāya or dakkhiṇāyaṃ	dakkhiṇāsu
Vocative (calling)	dakkhiṇe	dakkhiṇāyo or dakkhiṇā

Derived terms

• dakkhiṇeyya (“worthy of an offering”)

Etymology 2

Adjective

dakkhiṇā

1. inflection of dakkhiṇa (“right”):
   1. ablative singular masculine/neuter
   2. nominative/vocative plural masculine

References

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