kāranta

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
  • कारन्त (Devanagari script)
  • কারন্ত (Bengali script)
  • කාරන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
  • ကာရန္တ or ၵႃရၼ္တ or ၵႃရၼ်တ (Burmese script)
  • การนฺต or การันตะ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩣᩁᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກາຣນ຺ຕ or ກາຣັນຕະ (Lao script)
  • ការន្ត (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

kāra (“word”) +‎ anta (“end”)

Noun

kāranta m

  1. final sound or letter of a word
    • Sixth century AD, Kaccāyana Thera, Nāmakappa, Theravadin Sangha, Rule 59 therein
      Tehi sabbanāmehi akārantehi smāsmiṃ saiccetesaṃ tayo ā e āyādesā neva honti.
      The three singular case-endings 'smā', 'smiṃ' and 'sa' do not become 'ā', 'e' and 'āya' respectively, after pronouns ending in 'a'.

Declension
Declension table of "kāranta" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kārantokārantā
Accusative (second)kārantaṃkārante
Instrumental (third)kārantenakārantehi or kārantebhi
Dative (fourth)kārantassa or kārantāya or kārantatthaṃkārantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kārantasmā or kārantamhā or kārantākārantehi or kārantebhi
Genitive (sixth)kārantassakārantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kārantasmiṃ or kārantamhi or kārantekārantesu
Vocative (calling)kārantakārantā

Descendants
  • → Burmese: ကာရန် (karan)
  • → Khmer: ការន្ត (kaarɑn)
  • → Lao: ກາລັນ (kā lan), ກາຣັນ (kā ran)
  • → Thai: การันต์ (gaa-ran)
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