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parihareyya

pariharati

opt 3rd sg of pariharati (verb)

1. carries around
2. goes around; revolves; lit. carries around
3. takes care (of); looks after; maintains; lit. carries around
4. avoids; evades; lit. carries around
5. (gram) objects; argues; refutes; lit. carries around

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, all the way round
  Marks completeness and circuit motion. Cognate with Greek peri- (perimeter); works like Latin circum-.
• har — root · carry, bear
  The concrete image is physical carrying. Cognate with Latin carrāre (cart, carry) and English carry; Sanskrit haratiḥ shows the same root.
• a — stem · present-stem marker
  Thematic vowel marking the a-class present stem.
• eyya — ending · 3rd singular optative
  Optative mood ending expressing potential or wish; -e- marks optative, -yya is the 3rd singular desinence.

Etymology. pari- (around, all the way round) + √har (carry). The prefix pari- suggests completeness or going full circle; √har is cognate with Latin carrāre (carry in a cart), English carry. The concrete sense of 'carrying all around' extends to 'revolving, attending to, and avoiding' through the idea of 'managing or keeping in circulation'.

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

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