randha

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese raṇḍa.

Noun

randha

1. widow

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• 𑀭𑀦𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• रन्ध (Devanagari script)
• রন্ধ (Bengali script)
• රන්‍ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ရန္ဓ or ရၼ္ꩪ or ရၼ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• รนฺธ or รันธะ (Thai script)
• ᩁᨶ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ຣນ຺ຘ or ຣັນຘະ (Lao script)
• រន្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit रन्ध्र (randhra). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀭𑀁𑀥 (raṃdha).

Noun

randha n

1. an opening
2. cleft
3. weak spot, flaw, defect

Declension

Declension table of "randha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	randhaṃ	randhāni
Accusative (second)	randhaṃ	randhāni
Instrumental (third)	randhena	randhehi or randhebhi
Dative (fourth)	randhassa or randhāya or randhatthaṃ	randhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	randhasmā or randhamhā or randhā	randhehi or randhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	randhassa	randhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	randhasmiṃ or randhamhi or randhe	randhesu
Vocative (calling)	randha	randhāni

Descendants

• Khmer: រន្ធ (rʊən)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “randha”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 565
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “rándhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 614