उत्तम पुरिस

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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

उत्तम पुरिस (uttama purisam

  1. Devanagari script form of uttama purisa, alternative form of uttamapurisa (first person)
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1], page 253; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      अम्हे पयुज्जमानेपि अप्पयुज्जमानेपि तुल्याधिकरणे उत्तमो पुरिसो होति।
      Amhe payujjamānepi appayujjamānepi tulyādhikaraṇe uttamo puriso hoti.
      The first person is used when there is agreement with 'I' or 'we', be it expressed or unexpressed.

Declension[edit]

The two parts are declined separately.