kāranta

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀸𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• कारन्त (Devanagari script)
• কারন্ত (Bengali script)
• කාරන‍්ත (Sinhalese script)
• ကာရန္တ or ၵႃရၼ္တ or ၵႃရၼ်တ (Burmese script)
• การนฺต or การันตะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩣᩁᨶ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
• ກາຣນ຺ຕ or ກາຣັນຕະ (Lao script)
• ការន្ត (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)

Etymology

kāra (“word”) +‎ anta (“end”)

Noun

kāranta m

1. final sound or letter of a word
   • Sixth century AD, Kaccāyana Thera, Nāmakappa, Theravadin Sangha, Rule 59 therein

     Tehi sabbanāmehi akārantehi smāsmiṃ saiccetesaṃ tayo ā e āyādesā neva honti.

     The three singular case-endings 'smā', 'smiṃ' and 'sa' do not become 'ā', 'e' and 'āya' respectively, after pronouns ending in 'a'.

Declension

Declension table of "kāranta" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kāranto	kārantā
Accusative (second)	kārantaṃ	kārante
Instrumental (third)	kārantena	kārantehi or kārantebhi
Dative (fourth)	kārantassa or kārantāya or kārantatthaṃ	kārantānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kārantasmā or kārantamhā or kārantā	kārantehi or kārantebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kārantassa	kārantānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kārantasmiṃ or kārantamhi or kārante	kārantesu
Vocative (calling)	kāranta	kārantā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကာရန် (karan)
• → Khmer: ការន្ត (kaarɑn)
• → Lao: ກາລັນ (kā lan), ກາຣັນ (kā ran)
• → Thai: การันต์ (gaa-ran)