Pāli Dictionary

kā1

kastemāsuffix

Part of speech

pronoun · feminine

Root

ud2गीला होना

general

  • कौन? क्या? कौन सी? कौन सी स्त्री? (प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम, ka का स्त्रीलिंग एकवच प्रथमा)

  • who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

  • Snp 2.10

    uṭṭhahatha nisīdatha, ko attho supitena vo, āturānañ'hi kā niddā, sallaviddhāna ruppataṃ.

  • AN 6.61

    katamo nu kho, āvuso, eko anto, katamo dutiyo anto, kiṃ majjhe, kā sibbinī'ti?

kā2

kustemāsuffix

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • (समास में उपसर्ग) बुराई, बेकारपन या दोषपूर्णता को दर्शाने वाला (निंदात्मक/लघुत्व)

  • prefix used in compounds to denote badness, uselessness, or defectiveness (pejorative/diminutive)

ka1

approximate

Part of speech

pronoun

Synonyms

katama

general

  • कौन? क्या? कौन-सा? (प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम)

  • who? what? which? (interrogative pronoun and adjective)

ka2

approximate

udrootakasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

udaka, uda, vāri, oka, toya, jala, odaka, daka,

general

  • जल; तथा ब्रह्मा, शरीर, वायु आदि (पारंपरिक शब्दकोशों में ‘ka’ अक्षर को दिए गए अर्थ)

  • water; also Brahma, body, wind, etc. (meanings assigned to the syllable ‘ka’ in traditional lexicons and grammatical literature)

ki

via inflected form kā · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural

Part of speech

pronoun

Synonyms

katama

general

  • प्रश्नवाचक सर्वनाम आधार (‘ka’ का वैकल्पिक आधार); कौन?; क्या?; कौन सा?

  • interrogative pronoun base (alternative base of ‘ka’); who?; what?; which?

  • MN 7

    kiṃ sundarikā karissati, kiṃ payāgo kiṃ bāhukā nadī, veriṃ katakibbisaṃ naraṃ, na hi naṃ sodhaye pāpakamminaṃ.

  • Snp 4.16

    ky'āssa byappathayo assu, ky'āss'assu idha gocarā, kāni sīlabbatān'āssu, pahit'attassa bhikkhuno.

  • (अव्यय के रूप में) तुलनात्मक अव्यय; जैसे; समान; सदृश

  • (as indeclinable) particle of comparison; like; as; similar to

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