kavaca

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀓𑀯𑀘 (Brahmi script)
  • कवच (Devanagari script)
  • কৰচ (Bengali script)
  • කවච (Sinhalese script)
  • ကဝစ or ၵဝၸ (Burmese script)
  • กวจ or กะวะจะ (Thai script)
  • ᨠᩅᨧ (Tai Tham script)
  • ກວຈ or ກະວະຈະ (Lao script)
  • កវច (Khmer script)
  • 𑄇𑅇𑄌 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कवच (kavaca)..[1] Doublet of koja?

Noun

kavaca m[2]

  1. mail, armour
  2. coat of mail

Declension
Declension table of "kavaca" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kavacokavacā
Accusative (second)kavacaṃkavace
Instrumental (third)kavacenakavacehi or kavacebhi
Dative (fourth)kavacassa or kavacāya or kavacatthaṃkavacānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kavacasmā or kavacamhā or kavacākavacehi or kavacebhi
Genitive (sixth)kavacassakavacānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kavacasmiṃ or kavacamhi or kavacekavacesu
Vocative (calling)kavacakavacā

References
  1. Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kavaca”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
  2. Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 195.
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