samaya

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Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit समय (samaya).

Noun

samaya

  1. agreement, promise
  2. meeting
  3. time, season
  4. convention, law, practice, doctrine

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦪ (semaya, “to postpone, to delay”)
    • → Indonesian: sêmaya (“to postpone, to delay”)
  • → Balinese: ᬲᬵᬫᬬ (semaya, “agreement, alliance, fate”)

Further reading

  • "samaya" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
  • → Tagalog: samaya (“accomplice in intrigue”)

Pali

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Noun

samaya m

  1. time, occasion
    • 2006, The First Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Dīgha-Nikāya (I)‎, page 2:
      එකං සමයං භගවා අන‍්තරා ච රාජගහං අන‍්තරා ච නාළන්‍දං අද‍්ධානමග‍්ගප‍්පටිපන‍්නො හොති මහතා භික‍්ඛුසඞ‍්ඝෙන සද‍්ධිං පඤ‍්චමත‍්තෙහි භික‍්ඛුසතෙහි.
      ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā antarā ca rājagahaṃ antarā ca nāḷandaṃ addhānamaggappaṭipanno hoti mahatā bhikkhusaṅghena saddhiṃ pañcamattehi bhikkhusatehi.
      The Blessed One was once going along the high road between Rājaɡaha and Nālandā with a ɡreat company of the brethren, with about five hundred brethren.

Declension

Declension table of "samaya" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)samayosamayā
Accusative (second)samayaṃsamaye
Instrumental (third)samayenasamayehi or samayebhi
Dative (fourth)samayassa or samayāya or samayatthaṃsamayānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)samayasmā or samayamhā or samayāsamayehi or samayebhi
Genitive (sixth)samayassasamayānaṃ
Locative (seventh)samayasmiṃ or samayamhi or samayesamayesu
Vocative (calling)samayasamayā

Descendants

References

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese samaya (“coming together; mutual understanding”), from Sanskrit समय (samaya). See also maya.

Pronunciation

Noun

samayâ (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋᜌ)

  1. accomplice in intrigue
    Synonyms: kaintriga, kasabwat, kasapakat, katikma, katuon

References

Further reading

  • “samaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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