cakkavāḷa

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀸𑀴 (Brahmi script)
  • चक्कवाळ (Devanagari script)
  • চক্কৰাল় (Bengali script)
  • චක‍්කවාළ (Sinhalese script)
  • စက္ကဝါဠ or ၸၵ္ၵဝႃꩮ or ၸၵ်ၵဝႃꩮ (Burmese script)
  • จกฺกวาฬ or จักกะวาฬะ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩊ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈກ຺ກວາຬ or ຈັກກະວາຬະ (Lao script)
  • ចក្កវាឡ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄇𑅇𑄂𑅄 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • cakkavāla (Latin script)
  • 𑀘𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀯𑀸𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • चक्कवाल (Devanagari script)
  • চক্কৰাল (Bengali script)
  • චක‍්කවාල (Sinhalese script)
  • စက္ကဝါလ or ၸၵ္ၵဝႃလ or ၸၵ်ၵဝႃလ (Burmese script)
  • จกฺกวาล or จักกะวาละ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩃ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈກ຺ກວາລ or ຈັກກະວາລະ (Lao script)
  • ចក្កវាល (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄇𑄴𑄇𑅇𑄂𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From or cognate with Sanskrit चक्रवाड (cakravāḍa), formed from चक्र (cakra, “circle, wheel”) + वल (vala, “ring”), found in वलय (valaya, “ring, armlet”).[1]

Noun

cakkavāḷa n or m

  1. circle
  2. sphere
  3. (buddhist) world, solar-system, universe.

Declension
Declension table of "cakkavāḷa" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)cakkavāḷaṃcakkavāḷāni
Accusative (second)cakkavāḷaṃcakkavāḷāni
Instrumental (third)cakkavāḷenacakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Dative (fourth)cakkavāḷassa or cakkavāḷāya or cakkavāḷatthaṃcakkavāḷānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)cakkavāḷasmā or cakkavāḷamhā or cakkavāḷācakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Genitive (sixth)cakkavāḷassacakkavāḷānaṃ
Locative (seventh)cakkavāḷasmiṃ or cakkavāḷamhi or cakkavāḷecakkavāḷesu
Vocative (calling)cakkavāḷacakkavāḷāni
Declension table of "cakkavāḷa" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)cakkavāḷocakkavāḷā
Accusative (second)cakkavāḷaṃcakkavāḷe
Instrumental (third)cakkavāḷenacakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Dative (fourth)cakkavāḷassa or cakkavāḷāya or cakkavāḷatthaṃcakkavāḷānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)cakkavāḷasmā or cakkavāḷamhā or cakkavāḷācakkavāḷehi or cakkavāḷebhi
Genitive (sixth)cakkavāḷassacakkavāḷānaṃ
Locative (seventh)cakkavāḷasmiṃ or cakkavāḷamhi or cakkavāḷecakkavāḷesu
Vocative (calling)cakkavāḷacakkavāḷā

Descendants
  • → Lü: ᦈᧅᦃᦱᦞᦱᧃ (ṫsakẋaavaan)
  • → Northern Thai: ᨧᨠ᩠ᨠᩅᩤᩊ (“sphere, multitude”)
  • → Sanskrit: चक्रवाल (cakravāla, “sphere, multitude”)
  • → Thai: จักรวาฬ (jàk-grà-waan, “universe”)

References

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

  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1140-1144
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