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 \ NumberSingularPlural
    Nominative (first)vaṇṇovaṇṇā
    Accusative (second)vaṇṇaṃvaṇṇe
    Instrumental (third)vaṇṇenavaṇṇehi or vaṇṇebhi
    Dative (fourth)vaṇṇassa or vaṇṇāya or vaṇṇatthaṃvaṇṇānaṃ
    Ablative (fifth)vaṇṇasmā or vaṇṇamhā or vaṇṇāvaṇṇehi or vaṇṇebhi
    Genitive (sixth)vaṇṇassavaṇṇānaṃ
    Locative (seventh)vaṇṇasmiṃ or vaṇṇamhi or vaṇṇevaṇṇesu
    Vocative (calling)vaṇṇavaṇṇā

    Derived terms

    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
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