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pāṇinā

pāṇi

masc instr sg of pāṇi (noun); masc abl sg of pāṇi (noun); masc instr sg of pāṇi (adj); nt instr sg of pāṇi (adj); …

1. pāṇi (masc): hand; palm
2. pāṇi (adj): handed; with hands
3. pāṇinā (masc): with a hand; by the palm
4. pāṇī (masc): living being; lit. breather
5. pāṇī (adj): in hand; with; carrying

Built from

• pāṇ- — root · hand
  From *peh₂-, 'to stretch, extend'. The hand is the extended, outstretched organ. Sanskrit pāṇi, Greek palámē, Latin palma all preserve this sense of the open, stretched member.
• -inā — ending · instrumental singular
  The -inā ending marks the instrumental case (means or instrument), here 'with/by the hand' — answering how an action is performed.

Etymology. From Indo-European *peh₂- 'to stretch, extend': the hand as the outstretched member. Cognates include Latin palma (palm of the hand, via Italic *palsma-) and Greek παλάμη (palámē, palm). The root shares the same imagery of extension: compare English 'palm' (from the stretched-out inner surface).

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

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