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pañhānaṁ

pañha

genitive plural of pañha (m.)

  1. question
  2. inquiry
  3. riddle

Etymology. Root √prach (Sanskrit pṛcchati "asks"); cognates: English "preach" (originally "proclaim" from public asking), Latin precari ("pray, beseech"). The word belongs to the ancient Indo-European root *prek- "to ask, request".

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

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