vanitā

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Alternative forms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either inherited from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā, “woman”), or a common Middle Indic formation from the root van as the feminine of the unattested past participle of vanati (“to desire”).

Noun

vanitā f

  1. woman

Declension

Declension table of "vanitā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)vanitāvanitāyo or vanitā
Accusative (second)vanitaṃvanitāyo or vanitā
Instrumental (third)vanitāyavanitāhi or vanitābhi
Dative (fourth)vanitāyavanitānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)vanitāyavanitāhi or vanitābhi
Genitive (sixth)vanitāyavanitānaṃ
Locative (seventh)vanitāya or vanitāyaṃvanitāsu
Vocative (calling)vanitevanitāyo or vanitā

References

  1. ^ Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 549.
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