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aneke

aneka

masc nom pl of aneka (adj); masc acc pl of aneka (adj)

1. many; various; countless; lit. not one

Built from

• an — prefix · not, without
  Negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)- as in atheist.
• eka — root · one
  From PIE *oino-; cognate with English one, Latin unus, Sanskrit eka. Negated, it expresses the sense of multiplicity.

Etymology. an- (prefix: not, without) + eka (one). Cognate with Sanskrit aneka. The negation of "one" yields "many" or "not single": compare English un- and Greek a(n)- (anonym, atheist).

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

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