ghamma

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • घम्म (Devanagari script)
  • ঘম্ম (Bengali script)
  • ඝම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
  • ဃမ္မ or ꧠမ္မ or ꧠမ်မ (Burmese script)
  • ฆมฺม or ฆัมมะ (Thai script)
  • ᨥᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຆມ຺ມ or ຆັມມະ (Lao script)
  • ឃម្ម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄊𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

Noun

ghamma n

  1. The Pali root ghamm
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1] (overall work in Pali), page 296; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      गमुस्स घम्मं॥२०॥
      गमु इच्चेतस्स धातुस्स सब्बस्स घम्मादेसो होति वा।
      20. Gamussa ghammaṃ.
      Gamu iccetassa dhātussa sabbassa ghammādeso hoti vā.
      'Ghamm' from 'gam'.
      'Gam': every instance of this root may be changed 'to ghamm'.

Usage notes

The root appears not to be used in any words.[1]

Declension

Declension table of "ghamma" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingular
Nominative (first)ghammaṃ
Genitive (sixth)ghammassa

References

  1. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 146.
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