Template:pi-alternative form of

The following documentation is located at Template:pi-alternative form of/documentation.

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

This template is for definition sections of Pali entries. For definition sections of other languages, see Template:alternative form of. For the template used to list alternative spellings linking to other articles, see Template:alter.

This template creates a definition line for alternative forms of primary entries.

By default, this template displays its output with an initial capital letter. This can be overridden using |nocap=1 (see below).

This template is not meant to be used in etymology sections.

Note that users can customize how the output of this template displays by modifying their monobook.css files. See “Form of” templates for details.

Use in the definition line, most commonly as follows:

# {{pi-alternative form of|<primary entry goes here>}}

or

# {{pi-sc}}, ''which is an'' {{pi-alternative form of|<primary entry goes here>|nocap=1}}

Positional (unnamed) parameters:

|1= (required)

The term to link to (which this page is an alternative form of}).

Named parameters:

|t= (optional)

A gloss or short translation of the term linked to.

|tr= (optional)

Transliteration for non-Latin-script terms, if different from the automatically-generated one.

|eqv= (optional)

Roman script equivalent for the non-Latin-script terms, if different from the transliteration.

|nocap= (optional)

If |nocap=1, then the first letter will be in lowercase.