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paridevo

parideva

masc nom sg of parideva (noun); aor 2nd sg of paridevi (verb)

1. parideva (masc): wailing; crying; lamentation; lit. lamenting all around
2. paridevi (aor): wailed; cried; lamented; lit. lamented all around

Etymology. pari + √dev + a; from √dev 'lament'; Sanskrit parideva [paridiv]

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

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