Template:pi-root/documentation

Usage
This template can be used:
 * 1) either in etymologies of terms derived from a root
 * 2) or as a headword-template for Pali roots.

For using as a headword-line template
In this rôle, the template is used for displaying the Pali root headword along with its names in Pali. Additionally, it also puts the word into "Category:Pali roots". Pali roots are only to be recorded in the Roman script; they are not actual words, but abstractions.

One reason for there to be multiple names is that the traditional Pali grammarians may split roots which we choose to regard as the same, e.g. the roots of and.
 * head : The root, given in the Roman script. This is optional and not needed in normal practice, for it defaults to the page name.
 * Pali : First Pali name (optional).
 * Pali2 : Second Pali name (optional).
 * Pali3 : Third Pali name (optional).
 * tr : (optional) Transliteration

Transliteration is only needed for non-Roman script forms for which it is not implicitly given by on the definition line. Roots are normally given only in Roman script.

For using as an etymology template
This documentation should not be relied upon; users check the categories a page is placed in using this template, as well as checking the visible text on the page.

Although lang can be used to use this template for a non-Pali term, it is more appropriate to use a combination of suffix and root.
 * 1
 * The root from which a term is or is perceived to be derived. This would also categorise the term by its root. For example: For example:
 * bhar gives:
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms belonging to the root bhar
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms belonging to the root bhar


 * 2
 * The suffix attached to the root for forming the term. For example:
 * bhū gives:
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms belonging to the root bhū and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ta
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms belonging to the root bhū and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ta


 * id
 * Sense id for the root; see and .  Note that this will appear in the name of the category.


 * notext
 * Used for suppressing the text "From the root". Categorisation will not be suppressed. If this parameter is used, the term "root" appears beside the root in brackets. For example:
 * bhū gives:


 * sr
 * For using the text "The Pali root is " instead of "From the root ". To be used when the term is inherited from Indian Old Indic ('Sanskrit'), Proto-Indo-Aryan, Proto-Indo-Iranian, or Proto-Indo-European, but derivation from a Pali root is also possible but is not being explained. Categorisation will not be suppressed. For example:
 * bhū gives:
 * In this case, the value of 2 is ignored.
 * In this case, the value of 2 is ignored.


 * 1
 * For using the text "By surface analysis, " instead of "From the root ". To be used in place of sr only if the term can be from a root + suffix. This adds the term "root" in brackets. Categorisation (by root and suffix) will not be suppressed. For example:
 * bhū gives:
 * This output is intended to be at the start of a sentence, and capitalisation cannot be suppressed.
 * Use of sr and se is inconsistent and unsupported.
 * Use of sr and se is inconsistent and unsupported.


 * 1
 * Used for suppressing capitalisation of the first letter. Categorisation will not be suppressed. For example:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:


 * t
 * For giving a short English translation of the root. For example:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:


 * t2
 * For giving a short English translation of the suffix. For example:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:
 * bhū gives:


 * sa
 * Where the word is ultimately derived from a Sanskrit root, this root can be given by this argument and the term will be categorised by this root. For example:
 * bhar gives:
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms derived from the Sanskrit root भृ and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ana.
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms derived from the Sanskrit root भृ and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ana.


 * PIA
 * Where the word is ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-Aryan root, this root can be given by this argument and the term categorised by this right. For example:


 * PII
 * Where the word is ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-Iranian root, this root can be given by this argument and the term categorised by this root. For example:
 * bhar gives:
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *bʰar- and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ana.
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *bʰar- and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ana.


 * PIE
 * Where the word is ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-European root, this root can be given by this argument and the term will be categorised by this root. For example:
 * bhar gives:
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ana.
 * and categorises into Category:Pali terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- and Category:Pali terms suffixed with -ana.