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ayañca

aya

masc

1. aya (masc): good luck; good fortune
2. aya (adj): coming; going
3. aya (masc): way
4. aya (masc): reason, source
5. aya (nt): iron
6. ayañca (sandhi): but this; and this
7. ayas (masc): iron
8. ayaṃ (pron): this; this person; this thing
9. …

Analysis. ayaṃ + ca

Etymology. √i > ay + *a; from √i 'come, go'; Sanskrit aya [i]

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

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