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parassa

para

masc dat sg of para (pron); nt dat sg of para (pron); masc gen sg of para (pron); nt gen sg of para (pron); …

1. para (pron): other; another (person)
2. para (adj): next (world); next (life); after (life)
3. para (adj): (gram) next; following; last; after
4. para (adj): foreign; alien; not oneself
5. para (masc): (gram) next letter; following vowel
6. para (adj): engrossed in; given to; aiming for
7. para (adj): higher; greater; more (than)
8. parassa (masc): thoroughbred horse; good steed

Etymology. From Indo-European *per- 'forward, across, beyond', cognate with Latin per-, Greek peri-, English far. The sense 'other' arises from 'beyond' (the boundary of self); 'next' from 'forward in sequence'; 'higher' from 'going beyond in rank'. Sanskrit para.

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

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