nissāya

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Pali[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Alternative forms

Etymology[edit]

The meaning has expanded by metaphor from its basic meaning as the absolutive of nissayati.

Verb[edit]

nissāya

  1. absolutive of nissayati
    1. leaning upon[1]
    2. depending upon[1]
  2. close to, near, by[1]
  3. on account of, by reason of, through, for[1]

Usage notes[edit]

This absolutive frequently has the semantics of an adposition; it then often precedes the object.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 291.
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