"samā" meaning in Pali

See samā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit समा (samā, “year”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|समा||year|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit समा (samā, “year”), {{inh+|pi|sa|समा||year}} Inherited from Sanskrit समा (samā, “year”) Head templates: {{head|pi|adjective form}} samā
  1. masculine/neuter ablative singular of sama Tags: ablative, form-of, masculine, neuter, singular Form of: sama
    Sense id: en-samā-pi-adj-YmWo~pJU Categories (other): Pali adjective forms in Latin script, Pali entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pali adjective forms in Latin script: 30 22 24 22 3 Disambiguation of Pali entries with incorrect language header: 31 22 23 22 2
  2. masculine nominative/vocative plural of sama Tags: form-of, masculine, nominative, plural, vocative Form of: sama
    Sense id: en-samā-pi-adj-giTopuaI Categories (other): Pali adjective forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali adjective forms in Latin script: 30 22 24 22 3
  3. feminine nominative singular/plural of sama Tags: feminine, form-of, nominative, plural, singular Form of: sama
    Sense id: en-samā-pi-adj-NxI8LIgT Categories (other): Pali adjective forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali adjective forms in Latin script: 30 22 24 22 3
  4. feminine vocative/accusative plural of sama
    Sense id: en-samā-pi-adj-TSucoEZe Categories (other): Pali adjective forms in Latin script Disambiguation of Pali adjective forms in Latin script: 30 22 24 22 3

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit समा (samā, “year”). Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|समा||year|g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit समा (samā, “year”), {{inh+|pi|sa|समा||year}} Inherited from Sanskrit समा (samā, “year”) Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} samā f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], samā [nominative, singular], samāyo [nominative, plural], samā [nominative, plural], samaṃ [accusative, singular], samāyo [accusative, plural], samā [accusative, plural], samāya [instrumental, singular], samāhi [instrumental, plural], samābhi [instrumental, plural], samāya [dative, singular], samānaṃ [dative, plural], samāya [ablative, singular], samāhi [ablative, plural], samābhi [ablative, plural], samāya [genitive, singular], samānaṃ [genitive, plural], samāya [locative, singular], samāyaṃ [locative, singular], samāsu [locative, plural], same [singular, vocative], samāyo [plural, vocative], samā [plural, vocative]
  1. year Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-samā-pi-noun-TLTqJVg8

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Pali dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-02 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (d9fa233 and 9e92f4b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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