pakkha

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Pali

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣá).

Noun

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pakkha m

  1. side (of the body), flank
  2. wing
  3. feathers
  4. side, faction
  5. half a lunar month, fortnight
    • ဂျပါန် ရဋ္ဌတော စိတ္တမာသဿ သုက္ခပက္ခေ ဒုတိယာယံ နိက္ခန္တာ၊ ရာဇဒူတာ တသ္မိံ ယေ၀ ပက္ခေ ဒသမိယံ သျာမရဋ္ဌံ ပါပုဏိံသု။
      ɡyapān raṭṭhato cittamāsassa sukkhapakkhe dutiyāyaṃ nikkhantā, rājadūtā tasmiṃ yeva pakkhe dasamiyaṃ syāmaraṭṭhaṃ pāpuṇiṃsu.
      The envoys started from Japan on the second day after the new moon of the month of Citta (April) and reached Siam on the 10th of the same fortnight.
      (Reuse of example for ဂျပါန် (gyapān) contributed by 咽頭べさ on 13 May 2021)
  6. alternative (in a debate)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Sanskrit प्रख्य (prakhyá, clear).

Adjective

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pakkha

  1. visible, clear
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The adjectival suffix -pakkha (resembling) is treated as a separate word.

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