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sāmaṇeriyā

sāmaṇerī

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

  1. female novice; female apprentice nun

Etymology. √sam > sām + aṇa + *era + ī; from √sam 'exert, strive'; Sanskrit śrāmaṇera + [śram]

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

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