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pabbato

pabba

nt abl sg of pabba (noun); masc nom sg of pabbata (noun)

1. pabba (nt): elbow; joint; limb
2. pabba (nt): section; chapter; division; lit. limb
3. pabba (nt): (of a plant) knot; joint; node; lit. limb
4. pabbata (masc): rock
5. pabbata (masc): mountain; hill
6. pabbata (masc): name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. mountain

Etymology. From proto-Indo-European *perw- 'rock, stone', related to Sanskrit parvata and Greek petra (as in petrify). The shift p- > pp- is a doubling typical in Pali before the consonant cluster -bb-.

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

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