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aṭṭhi

nt nom sg of aṭṭhi (noun); nt voc sg of aṭṭhi (noun); masc nom sg of aṭṭhi (noun); masc voc sg of aṭṭhi (noun)

  1. bone
  2. intention; goal; purpose
  3. (of a fruit) kernel; pip; stone; hard seed

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *h₃est- 'bone'. Cognate with Sanskrit asthi, Latin os (genitive ossis), English ossein, Greek ostéon (ὀστέον). The root appears in anatomical and linguistic terms throughout Indo-European languages, with the sense of a hard structural element.

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

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