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pārijuññāni

pārijuñña

nt nom pl of pārijuñña (noun); nt acc pl of pārijuñña (noun); nt voc pl of pārijuñña (noun)

1. decrepitude; deterioration; degradation; impairment; lit. worn out state
2. poverty

Etymology. pari > pāri + √jīr > jur + na + *ya; from √jīr 'grow old, decay'; Sanskrit parijūnya (bsk) [parijṝ]

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

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