Exercises: Neuter Nouns

Neuter nouns will be marked with the letter n.

सूर्य
sūrya
m
sun
चन्द्र
candra
m
moon [candle]
वृक्ष
vṛkṣa
m
tree
ग्राम
grāma
m
village
नगर
nagara
n
town, city [Devanagari]
फल
phala
n
fruit
पत्त्र
pattra
n
feather; leaf; letter [pterodactyl, feather]
This word has the general sense of "plumage." So, it can refer to a bird's wing or feather, or the feather of an arrow. In the sense of the plumage of plants, it can be a leaf or petal. Large leaves were later used for writing, so pattra also came to mean "paper." (In the same way, we can talk about leaves of paper and gold leaf in English.) The word has other meanings associated with a feather's shape, like "knife" or "dagger," but the meanings here are the most common.
वन
vana
n
forest
जल
jala
n
water; coldness [cold, gel-atin, gl-acier]
निमित्त
nimitta
n
omen; cause

Translation

Translate from English to Sanskrit. Follow the rules from the previous set of exercises. (m) and (n) are used below to clarify a word's gender.

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