vaṇṇa

See also: Vanna, vanna, and vannā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀯𑀡𑁆𑀡 (Brahmi script)
• वण्ण (Devanagari script)
• ৰণ্ণ (Bengali script)
• වණ‍්ණ (Sinhalese script)
• ဝဏ္ဏ or ဝꧣ္ꧣ or ဝꧣ်ꧣ (Burmese script)
• วณฺณ or วัณณะ (Thai script)
• ᩅᨱ᩠ᨱ (Tai Tham script)
• ວຓ຺ຓ or ວັຓຓະ (Lao script)
• វណ្ណ (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄕𑄴𑄕 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárnas

Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa)

Pali vaṇṇa

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa).

Noun

vaṇṇa m

1. colour
2. appearance
3. class
4. quality
5. beauty
6. praise
7. letter, vowel, syllable

Declension

Declension table of "vaṇṇa" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	vaṇṇo	vaṇṇā
Accusative (second)	vaṇṇaṃ	vaṇṇe
Instrumental (third)	vaṇṇena	vaṇṇehi or vaṇṇebhi
Dative (fourth)	vaṇṇassa or vaṇṇāya or vaṇṇatthaṃ	vaṇṇānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	vaṇṇasmā or vaṇṇamhā or vaṇṇā	vaṇṇehi or vaṇṇebhi
Genitive (sixth)	vaṇṇassa	vaṇṇānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	vaṇṇasmiṃ or vaṇṇamhi or vaṇṇe	vaṇṇesu
Vocative (calling)	vaṇṇa	vaṇṇā

Derived terms

• avaṇṇa (“dispraise, blame”)
• savaṇṇa

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဝဏ္ဏ (wanna.)
• → Kannada: ಬಣ್ಣ (baṇṇa, “color”)
• → Khmer: វណ្ណ (vannaʼ)
• → Tamil: வண்ணம் (vaṇṇam) (or from Prakrit)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “vaṇṇa”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead