nāka

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See also: naka and Naka

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit नाक (nāka).

Noun

nāka m[1][2]

  1. heaven;[1][2] firmament

Declension

Declension table of "nāka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)nākonākā
Accusative (second)nākaṃnāke
Instrumental (third)nākenanākehi or nākebhi
Dative (fourth)nākassa or nākāya or nākatthaṃnākānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)nākasmā or nākamhā or nākānākehi or nākebhi
Genitive (sixth)nākassanākānaṃ
Locative (seventh)nākasmiṃ or nākamhi or nākenākesu
Vocative (calling)nākanākā

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 256.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera (1958) Concise Pāli-English Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, page 154
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