sālā

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit शाला (śālā).

Noun

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sālā f

  1. hall (covered and enclosed), large room, house
  2. outhouse
    • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)[1], page 192:
      සෙය්‍යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති, එවමෙවස‍්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග‍්ගවිලුග‍්ගා භවන‍්ති තායෙවප‍්පාහාරතාය.
      Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
      Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Thai: ศาลา (sǎa-laa)
  • Northern Thai: ᩈᩣᩃᩣ
  • Lao: ສາລາ (sā lā)
  • Khmer: សាលា (saalaa)