ṣanmire
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| Meaning: | “novice (monk)” |
| Word class: | noun |
| Language: | TB |
| Equivalent in TA: | ṣāmner |
| Equivalent in other languages: | Skt. śrāmaṇera- |
| Lexeme variants: | ṣanmire; ṣanmīre |
| Number: | singular |
| Case: | nominative |
| Gender: | masculine |
| Inflection class: | |
| Nom. sg. (masc.): | -e |
| Obl. sg. (masc.): | -eṃ |
| Nom. pl. (masc.): | -i |
Paradigm
| sg | pl | du | |
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| nom | ṣanmire | ||
| voc | |||
| acc | ṣanmireṃ | ||
| gen | ṣanmirentse | ||
| loc | |||
| comit | |||
| inst | |||
| abl | |||
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| all | |||
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Lexeme family
- ṣanmire “novice (monk)”
m
sg nom ṣanmire acc ṣanmireṃ gen ṣanmirentse - ṣanmirñe “pertaining to the novice (monk)”
“novitiate”
sg.m nom ṣanmirñe acc ṣanmirñe - ṣanmīrñeṣṣe “pertaining to the novitiate”
sg.m nom ṣanmīrñeṣṣe acc ṣanmīrñeṣṣe
- ṣanmīrñeṣṣe “pertaining to the novitiate”
- ṣanmirñe “pertaining to the novice (monk)”
“novitiate”
Occurrences
ṣanmīre
| 1 | THT 522 b4 | akalṣällene ṣ(am)ā(n)e(nne) – – – – – – – – (n)e | ṣanmīr(e) | ṣanmirāñcaine • upāsake u |
| 2 | THT 1104 b3 | 10 ॥ se takāsta | ṣanmīre | (ṣe)c(a)keṃtse en(äṣälyñene) /// b4 |
ṣanmire
| 1 | IOL Toch 62 a1 | a1 /// mäsketär su | ṣanmire | ṣamāneṃts pärweṣṣe sa a2 |
| 2 | Kg-050-KW-Z-02 a1 | ś· l· – – – ·e | ṣanmire | |
| 3 | Kz-221-YD-D-06 a1 | a1 śilirakṣite | ṣanmire | |
| 4 | Kz-221-ZS-D-02 a1 | a1 | ṣanmire | ñyā{na}candre śem |
| 5 | THT 329 b4 | pāyti āra 6 ॥ | ṣanmire | no b5 /// k |
| 6 | THT 4059 b3 | māṣa b3 1000 orśa | ṣanmire | go kobhenare go dinasme |


