kaḷīra

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀴𑀻𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• कळीर (Devanagari script)
• কল়ীর (Bengali script)
• කළීර (Sinhalese script)
• ကဠီရ or ကဠဳရ or ၵꩮီရ (Burmese script)
• กฬีร or กะฬีระ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩊᩦᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຬີຣ or ກະຬີຣະ (Lao script)
• កឡីរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑅄𑄩𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit करीर (karīra).

Noun

kaḷīra m

1. top sprout of a plant or tree, (especially of palm trees like coconut, which is edible)

Declension

Declension table of "kaḷīra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kaḷīro	kaḷīrā
Accusative (second)	kaḷīraṃ	kaḷīre
Instrumental (third)	kaḷīrena	kaḷīrehi or kaḷīrebhi
Dative (fourth)	kaḷīrassa or kaḷīrāya or kaḷīratthaṃ	kaḷīrānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kaḷīrasmā or kaḷīramhā or kaḷīrā	kaḷīrehi or kaḷīrebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kaḷīrassa	kaḷīrānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kaḷīrasmiṃ or kaḷīramhi or kaḷīre	kaḷīresu
Vocative (calling)	kaḷīra	kaḷīrā

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kaḷīra”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 200