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dhāretu

dhāretar

masc dat sg of dhāretar (noun); masc gen sg of dhāretar (noun); imp 3rd sg of dhāreti (verb)

1. dhāretar (masc): rememberer; retainer; who keeps in mind; lit. bearer
2. dhāreti (pr): holds up; holds out; lit. carries
3. dhāreti (pr): carries; bears
4. dhāreti (pr): bears in mind; keeps in mind; remembers (something about); lit. carries
5. dhāreti (pr): owes (a debt) (to); lit. carries
6. dhāreti (pr): wears; dresses (in); lit. carries
7. dhāreti (pr): considers; accepts (something as); lit. carries
8. dhāretar (masc): bearer, holder, wearer; lit. bearer

Built from

• dhā — root · hold, carry, bear
  From PIE *dher-. The root conveys physical holding and its extensions to mental retention (remembering) and social obligations (owing). Cognate with Sanskrit dhārayati, Greek thérkē (receptacle), Latin firmus (firm).
• re — ending · imperative 3rd sg
  The imperative ending -tu/-etu marks command or wish: 'let him/her hold'. Here -etu forms the polite or formal 3rd person imperative.

Etymology. √dhṛ 'to hold, carry, bear' (Sanskrit dhārayati, Greek thḗkē 'receptacle, case', English thesaurus via Greek; the root appears in Latin firmus 'firm' < *dher-mo-). The causative sense 'to hold up, maintain' persists across Indo-European languages in various guises.

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

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