pāda

See also: pāds, pȧda, and paḍa

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ped- (“foot”). Cognates include Avestan pad-, pâdha, Persian پا (pâ), Sanskrit पद् (pád), Hittite 𒉺𒋫 (pa-ta), Latin pēs (genitive pedis), Tocharian B paiyye, Latvian pēda, Lithuanian pėda. The Proto-Indo-European root was also the source of Ancient Greek πούς (poús) (genitive ποδός (podós)), Doric πῶς (pôs), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), and Old English fōt (English foot). , Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐍃 (fōtus).

Noun

pāda

1. The base or bottom of anything.
2. foot (unit of measure)

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Pali

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pā́ts, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts, from . Cognate with Sanskrit पद् (pád), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬛 (pad), Hittite 𒉺𒋫 (pa-ta), Ancient Greek πούς (poús), Latin pēs, Tocharian B paiyye, Lithuanian pāda (“sole (foot)”), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), Persian پا (pâ), German Fuß, Old English fōt (whence English foot).

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀸𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• पाद (Devanagari script)
• পাদ (Bengali script)
• පාද (Sinhalese script)
• ပါဒ or ပႃၻ (Burmese script)
• ปาท or ปาทะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᩤᨴ or ᨸᩣᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ປາທ or ປາທະ (Lao script)
• បាទ (Khmer script)
• 𑄛𑄂𑄘 (Chakma script)

Noun

pāda m or n

1. foot
2. foot of a mountain
3. foot of a verse; a verse typically contains four feet.
4. a coin worth a quarter of a larger valued one

Declension

Declension table of "pāda" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pādo	pādā
Accusative (second)	pādaṃ	pāde
Instrumental (third)	pādena	pādehi or pādebhi
Dative (fourth)	pādassa or pādāya or pādatthaṃ	pādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pādasmā or pādamhā or pādā	pādehi or pādebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pādassa	pādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pādasmiṃ or pādamhi or pāde	pādesu
Vocative (calling)	pāda	pādā

Declension table of "pāda" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	pādaṃ	pādāni
Accusative (second)	pādaṃ	pādāni
Instrumental (third)	pādena	pādehi or pādebhi
Dative (fourth)	pādassa or pādāya or pādatthaṃ	pādānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	pādasmā or pādamhā or pādā	pādehi or pādebhi
Genitive (sixth)	pādassa	pādānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	pādasmiṃ or pādamhi or pāde	pādesu
Vocative (calling)	pāda	pādāni

Descendants

• → Thai: บาท (bàat)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “pāda”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead