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Pali
Alternative scripts
- jara (Latin script)
- 𑀚𑀭 (Brahmi script)
- जर (Devanagari script)
- জর (Bengali script)
- ဇရ or ၹရ (Burmese script)
- ชร or ชะระ (Thai script)
- ᨩᩁ (Tai Tham script)
- ຊຣ or ຊະຣະ (Lao script)
- ជរ (Khmer script)
- 𑄎𑄢 (Chakma script)
Adjective
ජර
- Sinhala script form of jara (“old”)
2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I), page 192:සෙය්යථාපි නාම ජරසාලාය ගොපානසියො ඔලුග්ගවිලුග්ගා භවන්ති, එවමෙවස්සු මෙ ඵාසුළියො ඔලුග්ගවිලුග්ගා භවන්ති තායෙවප්පාහාරතාය.- Seyyathāpi nāma jarasālāya gopānasiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti, evamevassu me phāsuḷiyo oluggaviluggā bhavanti tāyevappāhāratāya.
- Truly, just as in a decrepit outhouse the rafters are crumbling, my ribs were just that way, they were crumbling from just this fasting.
Declension
Declension table of "ජර" (masculine)
Declension table of "ජරා" (feminine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|
| Nominative (first) | ජරා (jarā) | ජරායො (jarāyo) or ජරා (jarā) |
| Accusative (second) | ජරං (jaraṃ) | ජරායො (jarāyo) or ජරා (jarā) |
| Instrumental (third) | ජරාය (jarāya) | ජරාහි (jarāhi) or ජරාභි (jarābhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | ජරාය (jarāya) | ජරානං (jarānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | ජරාය (jarāya) | ජරාහි (jarāhi) or ජරාභි (jarābhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | ජරාය (jarāya) | ජරානං (jarānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | ජරාය (jarāya) or ජරායං (jarāyaṃ) | ජරාසු (jarāsu) |
| Vocative (calling) | ජරෙ (jare) | ජරායො (jarāyo) or ජරා (jarā) |
Declension table of "ජර" (neuter)