gāthā

See also: gatha and Gatha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀕𑀸𑀣𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • गाथा (Devanagari script)
  • গাথা (Bengali script)
  • ගාථා (Sinhalese script)
  • ဂါထာ or ၷႃထႃ (Burmese script)
  • คาถา (Thai script)
  • ᨣᩤᨳᩣ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຄາຖາ (Lao script)
  • គាថា (Khmer script)
  • 𑄉𑄂𑄗𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit गाथा (gāthā), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gaHtHa-. Cognate with Avestan 𐬔𐬁𐬚𐬁 (gāθā, “form of strophe, metre, namely the collections of Zarathustra's songs”).

Noun

gāthā f

  1. verse, stanza

Declension

Declension table of "gāthā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)gāthāgāthāyo or gāthā
Accusative (second)gāthaṃgāthāyo or gāthā
Instrumental (third)gāthāyagāthāhi or gāthābhi
Dative (fourth)gāthāyagāthānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)gāthāyagāthāhi or gāthābhi
Genitive (sixth)gāthāyagāthānaṃ
Locative (seventh)gāthāya or gāthāyaṃgāthāsu
Vocative (calling)gāthegāthāyo or gāthā
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