As a Hindi name
पाठ्य · adj
जो पढ़ने योग्य हो । पठनीय । पठितव्य · जो पढा़या जाय । यो॰—पाठ्यक्रम = पढा़ने या अध्ययन के लिये निर्धारित पाठ । पाठ्यपुस्तक = पढा़ने के लिये निर्धारित पुस्तक — Śabdasāgara
पाठ्य
learning; educational
Platts (p. 215) also records: To be read, perused or studied, worth reading; to be taught, needing instruction
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाठ्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- Proto-Indo-Iranian *pl̥tH- Sanskrit पठ् (paṭh) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Sanskrit -य (-ya) vṛd. Sanskrit पाठ्य (pāṭhya)bor. Hindi पाठ्य Borrowed from Sanskrit पाठ्य (pāṭhya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
pāṭhya mfn. to be recited, R.; Sāh.
to be taught, needing instruction, BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be recited
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Dictionary citations
pāṭhya mfn. to be recited, R.; Sāh.
to be taught, needing instruction, BhP.
pāṭhya mfn. (-ṭyaḥ-ṭyā-ṭyaṃ) To be read or studied. E. paṭha to read, ṇyat aff.; also paṭhaṇīya, &c.
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