nāḷikera

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀸𑀴𑀺𑀓𑁂𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• नाळिकेर (Devanagari script)
• নাল়িকের (Bengali script)
• නාළිකෙර (Sinhalese script)
• နာဠိကေရ or ၼႃꩮိၵေရ (Burmese script)
• นาฬิเกร or นาฬิเกระ (Thai script)
• ᨶᩣᩊᩥᨠᩮᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ນາຬິເກຣ or ນາຬິເກຣະ (Lao script)
• នាឡិកេរ (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄂𑅄𑄨𑄇𑄬𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Of a common origin with Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரி (nāri, “fibre”) and Tamil கெளி (keḷi, “coconut palm”). The tree was not cultivated where the Buddha preached, and the word seems to be a recent loanword in Pali.

Noun

nāḷikera m

1. coconut palm

Declension

Declension table of "nāḷikera" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	nāḷikero	nāḷikerā
Accusative (second)	nāḷikeraṃ	nāḷikere
Instrumental (third)	nāḷikerena	nāḷikerehi or nāḷikerebhi
Dative (fourth)	nāḷikerassa or nāḷikerāya or nāḷikeratthaṃ	nāḷikerānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	nāḷikerasmā or nāḷikeramhā or nāḷikerā	nāḷikerehi or nāḷikerebhi
Genitive (sixth)	nāḷikerassa	nāḷikerānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	nāḷikerasmiṃ or nāḷikeramhi or nāḷikere	nāḷikeresu
Vocative (calling)	nāḷikera	nāḷikerā