Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
पा · noun · masculine
पैर । चरण — Śabdasāgara
पा · pā
A masc. affix ( = pan, panā) employed in forming abstract substantives from adjectives and substantives, as buṛhāpā, 'old age,' 'senility,' from būṛhā, 'old'; muṭāpā; 'fatness,' from moṭā, 'fat.' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 213
पा · pā · conj.
(and root, of pānā, 'to get, &c.'), Having got or obtained ( = pā-ke, pā-kar) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 213
पाना · masculine
spanner, wrench
पाना
to get, receive; to obtain; to win, attain, achieve; to find, come upon, meet
Cited formation "पा" is प + -आ: प means "the twenty-first consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पा" is पना + -आ: पना means "Aam panna; a refreshing summer drink made from raw mango pulp", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पा" is प + -आ: प means "the twenty-first consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit प्रापयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra- Sanskrit प्र- (pra-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-E…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
keeping, protecting, guarding &c. (cf. apāna-, ritā-, go-, tanū- &c.)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pā" is the nominative of "pāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "pā" is the feminine form of "pa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "pā" is the nominative of "pan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
M1 · same meaning "pā" is the nominative of "pṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
pā f. guarding, protecting, L.
pā f. = pūta and pūritaka.
1. pā cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xxii, 27) pibati (Ved. and ep. also Ā. ˚te; rarely pipati, ˚te, Kāṭh.; Br.) cl. 2. pāti, pāthas, pānti, RV.; AV.; p. Ā. papāna, RV., pipāna, AV. (pf. P. papau, 2. sg. papātha, RV.; papitha, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 64, Sch.; papīyāt, RV.; p. papivas, AV.; Ā. pape, papire, RV.; p. papāna, ib.; aor. or impf. apāt, RV. [cf. Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77]; 3. pl. apuḥ [?] RV. i, 164, 7; -pāsta, AV. xii, 3, 43; Prec. 3. sg. peyās, RV.; fut. pāsyati, ˚te, Br. &c.; pātā Gr.; ind.p. pītvā, RV. &c. &c., ˚tvī, RV.; -pāya, AV. &c. &c.; -pīya, MBh.; pāyam, Kāvyād.; inf. pibadhyai, RV.; pātum, MBh. &c.; pātave, AV.; Br.; pātavai, RV.), to drink, quaff, suck, sip, swallow (with acc., rarely gen.), RV. &c. &c.; (met.) to imbibe, draw in, appropriate, enjoy, feast upon (with the eyes, ears &c.), Mn.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to drink up, exhaust, absorb, BhP.; Pañc.; to drink intoxicating liquors, Buddh. : Pass. pīyate, AV. &c. &c.: Caus. pāyayati, ˚te (pf. pāyayām āsā, MBh.; aor. apīpyat, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 4; ind.p. pāyayitvā, MBh.; inf. pāyayitavai, ŚBr.), to cause to drink, give to drink, water (horses or cattle), RV. &c. &c.: Desid. pipāsati (RV. also pipīṣati), to wish to drink, thirst, ib. : Desid. of Caus. pipāyayiṣati, to wish or intend to give to drink, Kāṭh. : Intens. pepīyate (p. ˚yamāna also with pass meaning), to drink greedily or repeatedly, Up.; Hariv.
pā [cf. Gk. πέ-πω-κα; Aeol. πώ-νω = πίνω; Lat. pō-tus, pō-tum, bibo for pi-bo; Slav. pi-ja, pi-ti]
2. pā mfn. drinking, quaffing &c. (cf. agre-, ṛtu-, madhu-, soma- &c.)
pāman m. (√ pai?) a kind of skin-disease, cutaneous eruption, scab, AV.; ChUp.
pāman m. A kind of skin-disease, scab. Comp. — ghnaḥ sulphur.
1. pa the first labial consonant.
2. pa mf(pā and pī)n. (√ 1. pā) drinking (cf. aṃhri-, aneka- &c.; also paka in taila-paka)
1. pan in comp. before nasals = 3. pad.
2. pan cl. 1. Ā. panate (pf. -papana, papne aor. 3. sg. paniṣṭa), to be worthy of admiration or to admire (acc.), RV. : Pass. panyate, ib. : Caus. panayati, ˚te, to regard with surprise or wonder, to admire, praise, acknowledge, RV.; (Ā.) to rejoice at, be glad of (gen.), ib. (cf. √ paṇ; paṇāya).
1. pṛ cl. 3. P. (Dhātup. xxv, 4) piparti (3. pl. piprati, RV.; Impv. pipṛhi, BhP.; para, VS.; cl. 9. P. pṛṇāti, ‘to protect’, Dhātup. xxxi, 19; pf. 3. pl. pipruḥ, BhP. [= pūrṇāḥ, Sch.]; aor. Subj. parṣi, parṣati, parṣa, pāriṣat, RV. ; apārīt, Bhaṭṭ.; inf. parṣaṇi, RV.), to bring over or to (acc.), bring out of, deliver from (abl.), rescue, save, protect, escort, further, promote, RV.; AV.; VS.; ŚāṅkhGṛ.; BhP.; Bhaṭṭ.; to surpass, excel (acc.), RV. viii, 50, 8; AV. xi, 5, 1; 2; to be able (with inf.), BhP. : Caus. pārayati (ep. and mc. also ˚te; aor. apīparat; Pass. pāryate), to bring over or out, rescue, protect, save, preserve, keep alive, RV. &c. &c.; to get over, overcome, bring to an end, ib.; to resist, withstand, be a match for (acc.), Mn.; MBh. &c.; to be capable of or able to (with an inf. which after pāryate has a pass. sense; cf. √ śak and Pāṇ. iii, 4, 66, Sch.), Kāv.; Pur. &c.
pṛ [cf. Gk. περάω, πόρος, πορεύεσθαι; Lat. porta, peritus; Slav. pirati; Germ. fahren; Eng. to fare.]
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