pakkha

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• पक्ख (Devanagari script)
• পক্খ (Bengali script)
• පක‍්ඛ (Sinhalese script)
• ပက္ခ or ပၵ္ၶ or ပၵ်ၶ (Burmese script)
• ปกฺข or ปักขะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨠ᩠ᨡ (Tai Tham script)
• ປກ຺ຂ or ປັກຂະ (Lao script)
• បក្ខ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄇𑄴𑄈 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣá).

Noun

pakkha m

1. side (of the body), flank
2. wing
3. feathers
4. side, faction
5. half a lunar month, fortnight
   • ဂျပါန် ရဋ္ဌတော စိတ္တမာသဿ သုက္ခပက္ခေ ဒုတိယာယံ နိက္ခန္တာ၊ ရာဇဒူတာ တသ္မိံ ယေ၀ ပက္ခေ ဒသမိယံ သျာမရဋ္ဌံ ပါပုဏိံသု။

     ɡyapān raṭṭhato cittamāsassa sukkhapakkhe dutiyāyaṃ nikkhantā, rājadūtā tasmiṃ yeva pakkhe dasamiyaṃ syāmaraṭṭhaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu.

     The envoys started from Japan on the second day after the new moon of the month of Citta (April) and reached Siam on the 10th of the same fortnight.

     (Reuse of example for ဂျပါန် (gyapān) contributed by 咽頭べさ on 13 May 2021)

6. alternative (in a debate)

Declension

Declension table of "pakkha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pakkho	pakkhā
Accusative (second)	pakkhaṃ	pakkhe
Instrumental (third)	pakkhena	pakkhehi or pakkhebhi
Dative (fourth)	pakkhassa or pakkhāya or pakkhatthaṃ	pakkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pakkhasmā or pakkhamhā or pakkhā	pakkhehi or pakkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pakkhassa	pakkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pakkhasmiṃ or pakkhamhi or pakkhe	pakkhesu
Vocative (calling)	pakkha	pakkhā

Derived terms

• sukkapakkha (“waxing fortnight”)
• juṇhapakkha (“waxing fortnight”)
• kālapakkha (“waning fortnight”)
• kaṇhapakkha (“waning fortnight”)

Descendants

• → Kannada: ಪಕ್ಕ (pakka, “side”)
• → Tamil: பக்கம் (pakkam)
• → Thai: ปักข์, ปักษ์ (bpàk)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रख्य (prakhyá, “clear”).

Adjective

pakkha

1. visible, clear

Usage notes

The adjectival suffix -pakkha (“resembling”) is treated as a separate word.

Declension

Declension table of "pakkha" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pakkho	pakkhā
Accusative (second)	pakkhaṃ	pakkhe
Instrumental (third)	pakkhena	pakkhehi or pakkhebhi
Dative (fourth)	pakkhassa or pakkhāya or pakkhatthaṃ	pakkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pakkhasmā or pakkhamhā or pakkhā	pakkhehi or pakkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pakkhassa	pakkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pakkhasmiṃ or pakkhamhi or pakkhe	pakkhesu
Vocative (calling)	pakkha	pakkhā

Declension table of "pakkha" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pakkhaṃ	pakkhāni
Accusative (second)	pakkhaṃ	pakkhāni
Instrumental (third)	pakkhena	pakkhehi or pakkhebhi
Dative (fourth)	pakkhassa or pakkhāya or pakkhatthaṃ	pakkhānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pakkhasmā or pakkhamhā or pakkhā	pakkhehi or pakkhebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pakkhassa	pakkhānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pakkhasmiṃ or pakkhamhi or pakkhe	pakkhesu
Vocative (calling)	pakkha	pakkhāni