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āyāma

āyāti

pr 1st pl of āyāti (verb); imp 1st pl of āyāti (verb); masc voc sg of āyāma (noun); masc voc sg of āyāma (adj); …

1. āyāti (pr): approaches; goes (to)
2. āyāma (imp): let us go! we should go!
3. āyāma (masc): effort; striving; exertion; endeavour; lit. stretching
4. āyāma (masc): stretch; flex; extension
5. āyāma (adj): having the length of
6. āyāma (masc): length

Etymology. ā + yā + ti; from √yā 'go'; Sanskrit āyāti [āyā]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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