raṅgakāra

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀓𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
• रङ्गकार (Devanagari script)
• রঙ্গকার (Bengali script)
• රඞ‍්ගකාර (Sinhalese script)
• ရင်္ဂကာရ or ရင်္ၷၵႃရ or ရင်ၷၵႃရ (Burmese script)
• รงฺคการ or รังคะการะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᩘᨣᨠᩣᩁ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣງ຺ຄກາຣ or ຣັງຄະກາຣະ (Lao script)
• រង្គការ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄋𑄴𑄉𑄇𑄂𑄢 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga)

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-der.

Sanskrit -कार (-kāra)

Sanskrit रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra)

Pali raṅgakāra

Inherited from Sanskrit रङ्गकार (raṅgakāra).

Noun

raṅgakāra m

1. dyer

Declension

Declension table of "raṅgakāra" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	raṅgakāro	raṅgakārā
Accusative (second)	raṅgakāraṃ	raṅgakāre
Instrumental (third)	raṅgakārena	raṅgakārehi or raṅgakārebhi
Dative (fourth)	raṅgakārassa or raṅgakārāya or raṅgakāratthaṃ	raṅgakārānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	raṅgakārasmā or raṅgakāramhā or raṅgakārā	raṅgakārehi or raṅgakārebhi
Genitive (sixth)	raṅgakārassa	raṅgakārānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	raṅgakārasmiṃ or raṅgakāramhi or raṅgakāre	raṅgakāresu
Vocative (calling)	raṅgakāra	raṅgakārā

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “raṅgakāra”, 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