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pare

para

masc nom pl of para (pron); nt nom pl of para (pron); masc acc pl of para (pron); nt acc pl 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. pare (ind): day before yesterday; previous day; lit. on another
9. …

Etymology. From PIE *per- "forward, through, across", whence Sanskrit para-, Greek peri-, Latin per-, English far and far-ther. The sense "other" derives from "the one across/beyond"; "next" and "higher" from the comparative force of crossing a threshold.

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

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