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khīṇā

khīṇa

masc nom pl of khīṇa (pp); fem nom sg of khīṇa (pp); fem nom pl of khīṇa (pp); nt nom pl of khīṇa (pp); …

1. consumed; spent; finished; exhausted; slowly destroyed
2. worn away; removed
3. hurtful; rough; criticizing; lit. exhausted

Built from

• khī — root · wear away, consume
  The root carries the image of gradual erosion or diminishment. Cognate with Sanskrit kṣī- and Greek phthí- (decay, perish).
• ṇa — ending · past participle
  Past participle ending forming adjectives meaning 'that which has been done' or the state resulting from the action. Here it marks the state of being consumed or worn down.

Etymology. Root √khī (to wear away, consume), cognate with Sanskrit kṣīyate (is diminished, wears away) and Greek phthīnō (I waste away, perish). The sense develops from the concrete image of wearing down or rubbing away to the abstract idea of exhaustion and depletion. Related to English consume via the sense of gradual diminishment.

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

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