bhāva

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀪𑀸𑀯 (Brahmi script)
  • भाव (Devanagari script)
  • ভাৰ (Bengali script)
  • භාව (Sinhalese script)
  • ဘာဝ or ꧤႃဝ (Burmese script)
  • ภาว or ภาวะ (Thai script)
  • ᨽᩣᩅ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຠາວ or ຠາວະ (Lao script)
  • ភាវ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄞𑄂𑅇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from pre-Sanskrit भाव (bhāva). Doublet of bhava.

Noun

bhāva m[1]

  1. state, condition

Declension
Declension table of "bhāva" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)bhāvobhāvā
Accusative (second)bhāvaṃbhāve
Instrumental (third)bhāvenabhāvehi or bhāvebhi
Dative (fourth)bhāvassa or bhāvāya or bhāvatthaṃbhāvānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)bhāvasmā or bhāvamhā or bhāvābhāvehi or bhāvebhi
Genitive (sixth)bhāvassabhāvānaṃ
Locative (seventh)bhāvasmiṃ or bhāvamhi or bhāvebhāvesu
Vocative (calling)bhāvabhāvā

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Thai: ภาวะ (paa-wá), → ภาพ (pâap)
  • → Lao: ພາບ (phāp)

References
  1. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 87.
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