magga

See also: Magga and Mággá

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀫𑀕𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• मग्ग (Devanagari script)
• মগ্গ (Bengali script)
• මග‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• မဂ္ဂ or မၷ္ၷ or မၷ်ၷ (Burmese script)
• มคฺค or มัคคะ (Thai script)
• ᨾᨣ᩠ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ມຄ຺ຄ or ມັຄຄະ (Lao script)
• មគ្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄉𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥gás

Sanskrit मृग (mṛga)vrd.

Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga)

Pali magga

Inherited from Sanskrit मार्ग (mārga). Cognate with Ashokan Prakrit 𑀫𑀕 (maga).

Noun

magga m

1. road, way, path

Declension

Declension table of "magga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maggo	maggā
Accusative (second)	maggaṃ	magge
Instrumental (third)	maggena	maggehi or maggebhi
Dative (fourth)	maggassa or maggāya or maggatthaṃ	maggānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maggasmā or maggamhā or maggā	maggehi or maggebhi
Genitive (sixth)	maggassa	maggānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maggasmiṃ or maggamhi or magge	maggesu
Vocative (calling)	magga	maggā

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “magga”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 512
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mārga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 579