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puṭṭhā

puṭṭha

masc nom pl of puṭṭha (pp); fem nom sg of puṭṭha (pp); fem nom pl of puṭṭha (pp); nt nom pl of puṭṭha (pp); …

1. asked; questioned (about)
2. fed; nourished; well-fed

Built from

• puc — root · ask, inquire
  Concrete sense: to press someone for information. Cognate with Sanskrit prccháti, Latin precor, English pray.
• ṭha — ending · past participle
  Marks the action as completed. In this inflected form, the ending agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies.

Etymology. From √puc (puccati, 'asks'), cognate with Sanskrit prccháti 'asks, inquires'; the root is related to Latin precor 'I pray, beseech' and English pray, fraught with the sense of seeking information or favour through speech. The past participle -tha ending marks completed action.

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

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