ච

ච U+0DA0, ච SINHALA LETTER ALPAPRAANA CAYANNA ← ඟ [U+0D9F] Sinhala ඡ → [U+0DA1]

Translingual

Letter

ච

1. Sinhalese consonant alpaprāna cayanna

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ca (Latin script)
• 𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• च (Devanagari script)
• চ (Bengali script)
• စ or ၸ (Burmese script)
• จ or จะ (Thai script)
• ᨧ (Tai Tham script)
• ຈ or ຈະ (Lao script)
• ច (Khmer script)
• 𑄌 (Chakma script)

Particle

ච (ca)

1. and (copulative particle)
   • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎^[1], page 336:

     25. සෙය්‍යථාපි භික‍්ඛවෙ පුරිසො අද‍්ධානමග‍්ගපටිපන‍්නො - සො පස‍්සෙය්‍ය මහන‍්තං උදකණ‍්ණවං, ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං, පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං, න චස‍්ස නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය;

     25. Seyyathāpi bhikkhave puriso addhānamaggapaṭipanno - so passeyya mahantaṃ udakaṇṇavaṃ, orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ, pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ, na cassa nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya;

     Suppose, brethren, there was a person traveling along the road. They’d see a large deluge, whose near shore was dubious and perilous, while the far shore was a sanctuary free of peril. But there was no ferryboat or bridge for crossing over.

   • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎^[2], page 336:

     තස‍්ස එවමස‍්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ‍්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං. නත්‍ථි ච නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.

     Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.

     Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.

   • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya‎^[3], Colombo, 2009:

     5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
     අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.

     5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
     Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.

     5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.

     (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
     but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.”)

     (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

Sinhalese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃa/, [t͡ʃa]

Letter

ච • (ca)

1. The fourth consonant of the Sinhala script, named alpaprāna cayanna