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pathaviyā

pathavī

fem instr sg of pathavī (noun); fem dat sg of pathavī (noun); fem abl sg of pathavī (noun); fem gen sg of pathavī (noun); …

  1. earth; world
  2. earth; ground
  3. ground; land; country

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- 'to spread, stretch'; Sanskrit pathavī, Greek πέταμαι (petamai) 'spreads', Latin pateo 'lies open'. The earth conceived as what spreads or lies extended beneath.

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

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