raṅga

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
• रङ्ग (Devanagari script)
• রঙ্গ (Bengali script)
• රඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
• ရင်္ဂ or ရင်္ၷ or ရင်ၷ (Burmese script)
• รงฺค or รังคะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩘᨣ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣງ຺ຄ or ຣັງຄະ (Lao script)
• រង្គ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄋𑄴𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga)

Pali raṅga

Inherited from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀭𑀁𑀕 (raṃga).

Noun

raṅga m

1. dye, colour, paint
2. stage, theatre, dancing place, playhouse

Declension

Declension table of "raṅga" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raṅgo	raṅgā
Accusative (second)	raṅgaṃ	raṅge
Instrumental (third)	raṅgena	raṅgehi or raṅgebhi
Dative (fourth)	raṅgassa or raṅgāya or raṅgatthaṃ	raṅgānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	raṅgasmā or raṅgamhā or raṅgā	raṅgehi or raṅgebhi
Genitive (sixth)	raṅgassa	raṅgānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	raṅgasmiṃ or raṅgamhi or raṅge	raṅgesu
Vocative (calling)	raṅga	raṅgā

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 611
• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ranga”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 561