अर्धमास
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অৰ্ধমাস (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬃᬥᬫᬵᬲ (Balinese script)
- অর্ধমাস (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰨𑰿𑰠𑰦𑰯𑰭 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀭𑁆𑀥𑀫𑀸𑀲 (Brahmi script)
- အရ်္ဓမာသ (Burmese script)
- અર્ધમાસ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਰ੍ਧਮਾਸ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌰𑍍𑌧𑌮𑌾𑌸 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦂꦣꦩꦴꦱ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂩𑂹𑂡𑂧𑂰𑂮 (Kaithi script)
- ಅರ್ಧಮಾಸ (Kannada script)
- អធ៌មាស (Khmer script)
- ອຣ຺ຘມາສ (Lao script)
- അര്ധമാസ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᡵᢡᠠᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘨𑘿𑘠𑘦𑘰𑘭 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠷᢑᠾᠠᠮᠠᢗᠰᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑧈𑧠𑧀𑧆𑧑𑧍 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐬𑑂𑐢𑐩𑐵𑐳 (Newa script)
- ଅର୍ଧମାସ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢬ꣄ꢤꢪꢵꢱ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆫𑇀𑆣𑆩𑆳𑆱 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖨𑖿𑖠𑖦𑖯𑖭 (Siddham script)
- අර්ධමාස (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩼 𑪙𑩮𑩴𑩛𑪁 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚤𑚶𑚜𑚢𑚭𑚨 (Takri script)
- அர்த⁴மாஸ (Tamil script)
- అర్ధమాస (Telugu script)
- อรฺธมาส (Thai script)
- ཨ་རྡྷ་མཱ་ས (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒩𑓂𑒡𑒧𑒰𑒮 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨫𑩇𑨜𑨢𑨊𑨰 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of अर्ध (ardha, “half”) + मास (māsa, “month”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.dʱɐ.mɑː.sɐ́/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɐɾ.d̪ʱɐ.mɑː.s̪ɐ/
Noun
अ॒र्ध॒मा॒स • (ardhamāsá) stem, m
- a fortnight, a halfmonth
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) 5.1.8:
- चतुर्विꣳशतिम् अन्व् आह चतुर्विꣳशतिर् अर्धमासाः संवत्सरः
- caturviṃśatim anv āha caturviṃśatir ardhamāsāḥ saṃvatsaraḥ
- Twenty-four (verses) he recites; (and) the year has twenty-four half-months.
- चतुर्विꣳशतिम् अन्व् आह चतुर्विꣳशतिर् अर्धमासाः संवत्सरः
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सः (ardhamāsáḥ) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सौ (ardhamāsáu) अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सा¹ (ardhamāsā́¹) |
अ॒र्ध॒मा॒साः (ardhamāsā́ḥ) अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सासः॑¹ (ardhamāsā́saḥ¹) |
| accusative | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सम् (ardhamāsám) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सौ (ardhamāsáu) अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सा¹ (ardhamāsā́¹) |
अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सान् (ardhamāsā́n) |
| instrumental | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सेन॑ (ardhamāséna) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒साभ्या॑म् (ardhamāsā́bhyām) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सैः (ardhamāsáiḥ) अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सेभिः॑¹ (ardhamāsébhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒साय॑ (ardhamāsā́ya) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒साभ्या॑म् (ardhamāsā́bhyām) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सेभ्यः॑ (ardhamāsébhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सात् (ardhamāsā́t) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒साभ्या॑म् (ardhamāsā́bhyām) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सेभ्यः॑ (ardhamāsébhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सस्य॑ (ardhamāsásya) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सयोः॑ (ardhamāsáyoḥ) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒साना॑म् (ardhamāsā́nām) |
| locative | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒से (ardhamāsé) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सयोः॑ (ardhamāsáyoḥ) | अ॒र्ध॒मा॒सेषु॑ (ardhamāséṣu) |
| vocative | अर्ध॑मास (árdhamāsa) | अर्ध॑मासौ (árdhamāsau) अर्ध॑मासा¹ (árdhamāsā¹) |
अर्ध॑मासाः (árdhamāsāḥ) अर्ध॑मासासः¹ (árdhamāsāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “अर्धमास”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 92.