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padaṃ

pada

nt nom sg of pada (noun); nt acc sg of pada (noun); nt voc sg of pada (noun)

1. foot
2. path; track; way
3. (of poetry) line; foot
4. word; phrase; sentence; saying
5. place; position; state
6. (gram) word; part of a word; suffix
7. factor; reason; cause
8. mark; impression; print; sign
9. …

Etymology. √pad + a; from √pad 'go, step'; Sanskrit pada [pad]

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

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