कल्या

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil கள் (kaḷ, toddy, liquor).

Pronunciation

Noun

कल्या (kalyā) stemf

  1. spirituous liquor

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कल्या (kalyā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कल्या
kalyā
कल्ये
kalye
कल्याः
kalyāḥ
Vocative कल्ये
kalye
कल्ये
kalye
कल्याः
kalyāḥ
Accusative कल्याम्
kalyām
कल्ये
kalye
कल्याः
kalyāḥ
Instrumental कल्यया / कल्या¹
kalyayā / kalyā¹
कल्याभ्याम्
kalyābhyām
कल्याभिः
kalyābhiḥ
Dative कल्यायै
kalyāyai
कल्याभ्याम्
kalyābhyām
कल्याभ्यः
kalyābhyaḥ
Ablative कल्यायाः / कल्यायै²
kalyāyāḥ / kalyāyai²
कल्याभ्याम्
kalyābhyām
कल्याभ्यः
kalyābhyaḥ
Genitive कल्यायाः / कल्यायै²
kalyāyāḥ / kalyāyai²
कल्ययोः
kalyayoḥ
कल्यानाम्
kalyānām
Locative कल्यायाम्
kalyāyām
कल्ययोः
kalyayoḥ
कल्यासु
kalyāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “कल्या”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 263/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 75-76