liṅga

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /liŋ.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɡa
  • Hyphenation: liṅ‧ga

Noun

liṅga

  1. (literal) mark, sign, token.
  2. (literal) characteristic
  3. evidence, proof
  4. lingam, phallus
  5. image of a god; central object of worship
  6. centre
  7. pivot

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦭꦶꦁꦒ (lingga) (inherited)
  • → Balinese: ᬮᬶᬗ᭄ᬕ (lingga)

Further reading

  • "liṅga" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit लिङ्ग (liṅga).

Noun

liṅga n

  1. sign; mark; attribute; feature

Declension

Declension table of "liṅga" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)liṅgaṃliṅgāni
Accusative (second)liṅgaṃliṅgāni
Instrumental (third)liṅgenaliṅgehi or liṅgebhi
Dative (fourth)liṅgassa or liṅgāya or liṅgatthaṃliṅgānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)liṅgasmā or liṅgamhā or liṅgāliṅgehi or liṅgebhi
Genitive (sixth)liṅgassaliṅgānaṃ
Locative (seventh)liṅgasmiṃ or liṅgamhi or liṅgeliṅgesu
Vocative (calling)liṅgaliṅgāni

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “linga”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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