byañjana

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀩𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • ब्यञ्जन (Devanagari script)
  • ব্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
  • බ්‍යඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
  • ဗျဉ္ဇန or ၿျၺ္ၹၼ or ၿျၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
  • พฺยญฺชน or พยัญชะนะ (Thai script)
  • ᨻ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ພ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ or ພຍັຎຊະນະ or ພຢັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
  • ព្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
  • 𑄝𑄳𑄠𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)
Alternative forms
  • vyañjana (Latin script)
  • 𑀯𑁆𑀬𑀜𑁆𑀚𑀦 (Brahmi script)
  • व्यञ्जन (Devanagari script)
  • ৰ‍্যঞ্জন (Bengali script)
  • ව්‍යඤ‍්ජන (Sinhalese script)
  • ဝျဉ္ဇန or ဝျၺ္ၹၼ or ဝျၺ်ၹၼ (Burmese script)
  • วฺยญฺชน or วยัญชะนะ (Thai script)
  • ᩅ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (Tai Tham script)
  • ວ຺ຍຎ຺ຊນ or ວຍັຎຊະນະ or ວຢັຎຊະນະ (Lao script)
  • វ្យញ្ជន (Khmer script)
  • 𑅇𑄳𑄠𑄐𑄴𑄎𑄚 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Alternative form of vyañjana, which see for further information.

Noun

byañjana n

  1. sign
  2. mark
  3. (grammar) letter
  4. letter (as opposed to spirit)

Declension
Declension table of "byañjana" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)byañjanaṃbyañjanāni or byañjanā
Accusative (second)byañjanaṃbyañjanāni
Instrumental (third)byañjanenabyañjanehi or byañjanebhi
Dative (fourth)byañjanassa or byañjanāya or byañjanatthaṃbyañjanānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)byañjanasmā or byañjanamhā or byañjanābyañjanehi or byañjanebhi
Genitive (sixth)byañjanassabyañjanānaṃ
Locative (seventh)byañjanasmiṃ or byañjanamhi or byañjanebyañjanesu
Vocative (calling)byañjanabyañjanāni

Descendants
  • Burmese: ဗျည်း (byany:, “letter”)
  • Khmer: ព្យញ្ជន (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ, “letter”), ព្យញ្ជនៈ (pyŭəñcĕəʼnĕəʼ, “letter”)
  • Northern Thai: ᨻ᩠ᨿᨬ᩠ᨩᨶ (“letter”)
  • Thai: พยัญชนะ (pá-yan-chá-ná, “letter”)

References

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

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