"kantā" meaning in Pali

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Noun

Etymology: Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective) Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} kantā f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], kantā [nominative, singular], kantāyo [nominative, plural], kantā [nominative, plural], kantaṃ [accusative, singular], kantāyo [accusative, plural], kantā [accusative, plural], kantāya [instrumental, singular], kantāhi [instrumental, plural], kantābhi [instrumental, plural], kantāya [dative, singular], kantānaṃ [dative, plural], kantāya [ablative, singular], kantāhi [ablative, plural], kantābhi [ablative, plural], kantāya [genitive, singular], kantānaṃ [genitive, plural], kantāya [locative, singular], kantāyaṃ [locative, singular], kantāsu [locative, plural], kante [singular, vocative], kantāyo [plural, vocative], kantā [plural, vocative]
  1. beloved woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kantā-pi-noun-7FWixgab Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 11 33 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 26 25 21
  2. woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-kantā-pi-noun-zy5b~x7w Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 11 33 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 26 25 21

Noun

Etymology: Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective) Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} kantā m
  1. inflection of kanta (“husband”):
    ablative singular
    Tags: ablative, form-of, masculine, singular Form of: kanta (extra: (“husband”):)
    Sense id: en-kantā-pi-noun-4y5dYKIg Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 11 33 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 26 25 21 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 19 17 36 28
  2. inflection of kanta (“husband”):
    nominative/vocative plural
    Tags: form-of, masculine, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: kanta (extra: (“husband”):)
    Sense id: en-kantā-pi-noun-1ZpZtPk4 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 11 33 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 26 25 21

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kante",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "kantā f",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 11 33 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 26 25 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "beloved woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-kantā-pi-noun-7FWixgab",
      "links": [
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 11 33 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 26 25 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "id": "en-kantā-pi-noun-zy5b~x7w",
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kantā"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "kantā m",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 11 33 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 26 25 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 17 36 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(“husband”):",
          "word": "kanta"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of kanta (“husband”):",
        "ablative singular"
      ],
      "id": "en-kantā-pi-noun-4y5dYKIg",
      "links": [
        [
          "kanta",
          "kanta#Pali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "29 11 33 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 26 25 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(“husband”):",
          "word": "kanta"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of kanta (“husband”):",
        "nominative/vocative plural"
      ],
      "id": "en-kantā-pi-noun-1ZpZtPk4",
      "links": [
        [
          "kanta",
          "kanta#Pali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kantā"
}
{
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pali feminine nouns",
    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali masculine nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "feminine",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pi-decl-noun",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantābhi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantānaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāya",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyaṃ",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāsu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kante",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantāyo",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kantā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "kantā f",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f"
      },
      "name": "pi-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "beloved woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beloved",
          "beloved"
        ],
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "woman"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "woman",
          "woman"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kantā"
}

{
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    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Pali entries with incorrect language header",
    "Pali feminine nouns",
    "Pali lemmas",
    "Pali masculine nouns",
    "Pali nouns",
    "Pali nouns in Latin script"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Absolute use of kanta (“lovely”, adjective)",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "kantā m",
      "name": "pi-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pali",
  "lang_code": "pi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(“husband”):",
          "word": "kanta"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of kanta (“husband”):",
        "ablative singular"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kanta",
          "kanta#Pali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "(“husband”):",
          "word": "kanta"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of kanta (“husband”):",
        "nominative/vocative plural"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kanta",
          "kanta#Pali"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "kantā"
}

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