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paro

para

masc nom sg of para (pron); masc nom sg of para (adj); masc nom sg of para (noun)

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. paro (ind): further; more; upwards; higher; beyond

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *per- 'forward, across, beyond'. Cognates: English 'far', Latin 'per-', Greek 'peri-'. The root sense 'across' developed to mean 'the other side' and hence 'other, beyond'. In Pali, paro as adverb is the neuter nominative-accusative, used adverbially to mean 'further, beyond, upwards'.

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

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