Pāli Dictionary

tā1

tastemāsuffix

Part of speech

pronoun · feminine

general

  • they; those; them (feminine plural of the pronoun ‘ta’)

  • MN 21

    so yā tā sālalaṭṭhiyo kuṭilā oj'āpaharaṇiyo tā chetvā bahiddhā nīhareyya, antovanaṃ suvisodhitaṃ visodheyya. yā pana tā sālalaṭṭhiyo ujukā sujātā tā sammā parihareyya.

  • SN 47.10

    āyasmā ānando tā bhikkhuniyo dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā uṭṭhāy'āsanā pakkāmi

tā2

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • a suffix added to nouns or adjectives to form abstract nouns, indicating state, quality, or condition

tā3

Part of speech

verb

general

  • verbal root meaning ‘to protect’ or ‘to guard’

tā4

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • the syllable or phoneme ‘tā’ in Pali grammar

ta1

approximate

Part of speech

pronoun

Antonyms

ya

general

  • that; this; he; she; it (demonstrative pronoun)

  • SN 47.10

    ekam'antaṃ nisinnā kho tā bhikkhuniyo āyasmantaṃ ānandaṃ etadavocuṃ

  • AN 10.176

    idha cunda ekacco anabhijjhālu hoti. yaṃ taṃ parassa paravitt'ūpakaraṇaṃ taṃ anabhijjhitā hoti, aho vata yaṃ parassa taṃ mamassā'ti

ta2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • the letter ‘t’; the dental consonant ‘t’

ta3

approximate

Part of speech

indeclinable

general

  • primary suffix used to form past participles and nouns

tā3protect; preserve

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