vaṇṇa

See also: Vanna, vanna, and vannā

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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

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

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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