पा

See also: -पा

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pɑː/, [päː]

Verb

पा • (pā)

1. inflection of पाना (pānā):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular intimate present imperative

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬧᬵ (Balinese script)
• পা (Assamese script)
• পা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌪𑌾 (Grantha script)
• પા (Gujarati script)
• ਪਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦥꦴ (Javanese script)
• បា (Khmer script)
• ಪಾ (Kannada script)
• ປາ (Lao script)
• പാ (Malayalam script)
• 𑘢𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• ᢒᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• ပါ (Burmese script)
• 𑧂𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପା (Oriya script)
• ꢦꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖯 (Siddham script)
• පා (Sinhalese script)
• పా (Telugu script)
• ปา (Thai script)
• པཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- (“to drink”).

Cognate with Ancient Greek πόσις (pósis) whence symposium (“drinking together”); Latin pōtō whence English potion and poison; Proto-Slavic *pivo (“beer”). Also compare the noun पात्र (pātra, “drinking vessel, goblet”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pɑː/

Root

पा • (pā)

1. to drink
2. quaff, suck, sip
3. to imbibe

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “पा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0612.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “पा”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press
• William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 096
• Otto Böhtlingk; Richard Schmidt (1879-1928), “पा”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016

• Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255
• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001) Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs]‎^[1] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, pages 462
• Pokorny, Julius (1959), “0839”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 0839