"jala" meaning in Pali

See jala in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit जल (jalá). Etymology templates: {{inh|pi|sa|जल|tr=jalá}} Sanskrit जल (jalá) Head templates: {{pi-noun|n}} jala n Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=n}} Forms: neuter [table-tags], jalaṃ [nominative, singular], jalāni [nominative, plural], jalaṃ [accusative, singular], jalāni [accusative, plural], jalena [instrumental, singular], jalehi [instrumental, plural], jalebhi [instrumental, plural], jalassa [dative, singular], jalāya [dative, singular], jalatthaṃ [dative, singular], jalānaṃ [dative, plural], jalasmā [ablative, singular], jalamhā [ablative, singular], jalā [ablative, singular], jalehi [ablative, plural], jalebhi [ablative, plural], jalassa [genitive, singular], jalānaṃ [genitive, plural], jalasmiṃ [locative, singular], jalamhi [locative, singular], jale [locative, singular], jalesu [locative, plural], jala [singular, vocative], jalāni [plural, vocative]
  1. water Tags: neuter Synonyms: udaka, āpa
    Sense id: en-jala-pi-noun-D0FoSQ44 Categories (other): Pages with 19 entries, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header, Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Liquids, Pages with 19 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 19 entries: 8 8 9 8 4 4 5 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 6 2 0 9 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 7 8 7 7 7 5 0 0 7 0 0 6 0 0 6 3 0 8 0 3 5 6 7 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Lao",
      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "son",
      "word": "ຊົນ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "chon",
      "word": "ชล"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "cɔɔl",
      "word": "ជល"
    }
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit जल (jalá).",
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      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jale",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "jala n",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "n"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 19 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "pi",
          "name": "Liquids",
          "orig": "pi:Liquids",
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        },
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          "_dis": "8 8 9 8 4 4 5 0 0 8 0 0 7 0 0 6 2 0 9 1 2 6 6 5 1 1 0",
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        "water"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "udaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "āpa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jala"
}
{
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for tone in Xhosa verb entries"
  ],
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      "lang_code": "lo",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "son",
      "word": "ຊົນ"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "chon",
      "word": "ชล"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "lang_code": "km",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "cɔɔl",
      "word": "ជល"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pi",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "जल",
        "tr": "jalá"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit जल (jalá)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Sanskrit जल (jalá).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "neuter",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalatthaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalasmā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalamhā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalehi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalebhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalassa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalasmiṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalamhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jale",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalesu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jalāni",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "jala n",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "g": "n"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Pali neuter nouns",
        "Pali nouns",
        "Pali nouns in Latin script",
        "Pali terms derived from Sanskrit",
        "Pali terms inherited from Sanskrit",
        "Sanskrit terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
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      "glosses": [
        "water"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "water",
          "water"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "udaka"
        },
        {
          "word": "āpa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jala"
}

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