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sabbāni

sabba

nt nom pl of sabba (pron); nt acc pl of sabba (pron)

  1. all; every
  2. everything; everyone; all
  3. whole; entire; complete

Etymology. From Proto-Indo-European *solwos (whole, complete); cognate with Sanskrit sarva-, English sole (as in solitary, solely), and Latin sollus. The semantic range shifted from 'entire' to 'all' and 'everything' in Pali, marking totality across contexts.

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

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