See also: पद and पाद

Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts (foot), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (foot).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬛 (pad), Hittite 𒉺𒋫 (pa-ta), Ancient Greek πούς (poús), Latin pēs, Persian پا (), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), German Fuß, Old English fōt (whence English foot).

Noun

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पद् (pád) stemm

  1. a foot
  2. step
    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5:
      तद॑स्य प्रि॒यम॒भि पाथो॑ अश्यां॒ नरो॒ यत्र॑ देव॒यवो॒ मद॑न्ति ।
      उ॒रु॒क्र॒मस्य॒ स हि बन्धु॑रि॒त्था विष्णोः॑ प॒दे प॑र॒मे मध्व॒ उत्सः॑ ॥
      tádasya priyámabhí pā́tho aśyāṃ náro yátra devayávo mádanti.
      urukramásya sá hí bándhuritthā́ víṣṇoḥ padé paramé mádhva útsaḥ.
      Might I reach that dear cattle-pen of his, where men seeking the gods find elation, for exactly that is the bond to the wide-striding one: the wellspring of mead in the highest step of Viṣṇu.
  3. fourth part, quarter
Declension
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Masculine root-stem declension of पद्
singular dual plural
nominative पात् (pā́t) पादौ (pā́dau)
पादा¹ (pā́dā¹)
पादः (pā́daḥ)
vocative पात् (pā́t) पादौ (pā́dau)
पादा¹ (pā́dā¹)
पादः (pā́daḥ)
accusative पादम् (pā́dam) पादौ (pā́dau)
पादा¹ (pā́dā¹)
पदः (padáḥ)
instrumental पदा (padā́) पद्भ्याम् (padbhyā́m)
पड्भ्याम् (paḍbhyā́m)
पद्भिः (padbhíḥ)
पड्भिः (paḍbhíḥ)
dative पदे (padé) पद्भ्याम् (padbhyā́m)
पड्भ्याम् (paḍbhyā́m)
पद्भ्यः (padbhyáḥ)
पड्भ्यः (paḍbhyáḥ)
ablative पदः (padáḥ) पद्भ्याम् (padbhyā́m)
पड्भ्याम् (paḍbhyā́m)
पद्भ्यः (padbhyáḥ)
पड्भ्यः (paḍbhyáḥ)
genitive पदः (padáḥ) पदोः (padóḥ) पदाम् (padā́m)
locative पदि (padí) पदोः (padóḥ) पत्सु (patsú)
  • ¹Vedic
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pád-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pád (to move, go), from the same ultimate origin as Etymology 1,[2] perhaps with semantic influence from the root underlying पत् (pat, to fall).[3]

Root

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पद् (pad)

  1. to fall, fall down or out, perish
  2. to go, resort or apply to, participate in, keep, observe
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Primary Verbal Forms
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References

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  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 77-8
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 76-7
  3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287-8