nāḷikera
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Pali[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Alternative forms
Etymology[edit]
Of a common origin with Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian. Compare Tamil நாரி (nāri, “fibre”) and Tamil கெளி (keḷi, “coconut palm”). The tree was not cultivated where the Buddha preached, and the word seems to be a recent loanword in Pali.
Noun[edit]
nāḷikera m[1]
Declension[edit]
Declension table of "nāḷikera" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | nāḷikero | nāḷikerā |
Accusative (second) | nāḷikeraṃ | nāḷikere |
Instrumental (third) | nāḷikerena | nāḷikerehi or nāḷikerebhi |
Dative (fourth) | nāḷikerassa or nāḷikerāya or nāḷikeratthaṃ | nāḷikerānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | nāḷikerasmā or nāḷikeramhā or nāḷikerā | nāḷikerehi or nāḷikerebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | nāḷikerassa | nāḷikerānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | nāḷikerasmiṃ or nāḷikeramhi or nāḷikere | nāḷikeresu |
Vocative (calling) | nāḷikera | nāḷikerā |
References[edit]
- ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 256.