pāda

See also: pāds, pȧda, and paḍa

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”). Cognates include Avestan pad-, pâdha, Persian پا‎ (pâ), Sanskrit पद् (pád), Hittite 𒉺𒋫 (pa-ta), Latin pēs (genitive pedis), Tocharian B paiyye, Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėda. The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek πούς (poús) (genitive ποδός (podós)), Doric πῶς (pôs), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), and Old English fōt (English foot). , Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus).

Pronunciation

Noun

pāda

  1. The base or bottom of anything.
  2. foot (unit of measure)

Pali

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓts (“foot”). Cognate with Sanskrit पद् (pád), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬛‎ (pad), Hittite 𒉺𒋫 (pa-ta), Ancient Greek πούς (poús), Latin pēs, Tocharian B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), Persian پا‎ (pâ), German Fuß, Old English fōt (whence English foot).

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀧𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
  • पाद (Devanagari script)
  • পাদ (Bengali script)
  • පාද (Sinhalese script)
  • ပါဒ (Burmese script)
  • ปาท (Thai script)
  • ᨷᩤᨴ or ᨸᩣᨴ (Tai Tham script)
  • បាទ (Khmer script)

Noun

pāda m or n

  1. foot
  2. foot of a mountain
  3. foot of a verse; a verse typically contains four feet.
  4. a coin worth a quarter of a larger valued one

Declension
Declension table of "pāda" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pādopādā
Accusative (second)pādaṃpāde
Instrumental (third)pādenapādehi or pādebhi
Dative (fourth)pādassa or pādāya or pādatthaṃpādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pādasmā or pādamhā or pādāpādehi or pādebhi
Genitive (sixth)pādassapādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)pādasmiṃ or pādamhi or pādepādesu
Vocative (calling)pādapādā
Declension table of "pāda" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)pādaṃpādāni
Accusative (second)pādaṃpādāni
Instrumental (third)pādenapādehi or pādebhi
Dative (fourth)pādassa or pādāya or pādatthaṃpādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)pādasmā or pādamhā or pādāpādehi or pādebhi
Genitive (sixth)pādassapādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)pādasmiṃ or pādamhi or pādepādesu
Vocative (calling)pādapādāni

References

pāda in Pali Text Society (1921–1925), Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead. (licensed under CC-BY-NC)

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