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assā

assa

masc nom pl of assa (noun); masc instr sg of assa (noun); masc abl sg of assa (noun); masc voc sg of assa (noun); …

1. assa (masc): horse
2. assa (masc): horsemanship; horse-riding
3. assa (masc): corner; edge; angle
4. assa (masc): ashes; dust
5. assā (masc): cavalry; one of the four divisions of an army; lit. horses
6. assā (fem): mare
7. assā (pron): for her; to her
8. ima (pron): this
9. …

Etymology. From Indo-European *ekwo- "horse". Cognates: Sanskrit aśva-, Greek hippos (via Mycenaean i-qo), Latin equus, English *eo- (obsolete), Old Irish ech. The word entered Pali early and is not derived; it is cognate with Greek and Latin horse-terms through a common ancestral root.

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

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