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paritto

paritta

masc nom sg of paritta (pp)

1. little; small; tiny; lit. emptied
2. small minded; mean; (comm) with few good qualities; lit. emptied
3. limited; restricted; circumscribed; lit. emptied
4. (of time or life) short; brief; lit. emptied
5. (of water) shallow; lit. emptied
6. few; small amount of; lit. emptied

Etymology. pa + √ric + ta; from √ric 'empty'; Sanskrit parītta [praric]

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

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