pada

See also: pāda, pȧda, paḍa, pădä̆, and pä̆dä̑

English

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद (pada).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑːdə/

Noun

pada (plural padas)

1. (Sanskrit prosody) The basic metric unit of Vedic poetry, consisting of one line of verse in Sanskrit, typically as part of a four-line stanza.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 79:

     There were quatrains and broken verses and entire poems. There were padas that she had started and scratched out.

Anagrams

• ADAP, Adap

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Balinese

Romanization

pada

1. Romanization of ᬧᬤ.
2. Romanization of ᬧᬵᬤ.
3. Romanization of ᬧᬥ.

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Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

pada (genitive paja, partitive pada)

1. cauldron, pot

Declension

Inflection of pada (ÕS type 18u/sõda, d-j gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	pada	pajad
accusative	paja	pajad
genitive	paja	padade
partitive	pada	padu padasid
illative	patta pajasse	padadesse pajusse
inessive	pajas	padades pajus
elative	pajast	padadest pajust
allative	pajale	padadele pajule
adessive	pajal	padadel pajul
ablative	pajalt	padadelt pajult
translative	pajaks	padadeks pajuks
terminative	pajani	padadeni
essive	pajana	padadena
abessive	pajata	padadeta
comitative	pajaga	padadega

Synonyms

• katel

Derived terms

• rahapada

Etymology 2

Noun

pada (genitive pada, partitive pada)

1. (card games) spades

Declension

Inflection of pada (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation)

	singular	plural
nominative	pada	—
accusative	pada	—
genitive	pada	—
partitive	pada	—
illative	patta padasse	—
inessive	padas	—
elative	padast	—
allative	padale	—
adessive	padal	—
ablative	padalt	—
translative	padaks	—
terminative	padani	—
essive	padana	—
abessive	padata	—
comitative	padaga	—

Synonyms

• poti

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद (pada)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a

Preposition

pada

1. at, on
2. with (a person)

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Karelian

Alternative forms

• pata (North Karelian)

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pata, from Proto-Uralic *pata.

Noun

pada (genitive puan, partitive padua)

1. (South Karelian) pot

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpada]

Verb

pada

1. third-person singular present of padaś

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit पद (pada)

Preposition

pada (Jawi spelling ڤد‎ or ڤادا‎)

1. at, on
2. with (a person)

Further reading

• “pada” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀧𑀤 (Brahmi script)
• पद (Devanagari script)
• পদ (Bengali script)
• පද (Sinhalese script)
• ပဒ or ပၻ (Burmese script)
• ปท or ปะทะ (Thai script)
• ᨷᨴ (Tai Tham script)
• ປທ or ປະທະ (Lao script)
• បទ (Khmer script)

Noun

pada n

1. foot
2. footstep

   Antonym: apada

3. path, way
4. constituent
5. word, quarter verse, verse, stanza, sentence
6. (grammar) ending
   • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎^[1] (in Pali), page 250; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:

     अथ सब्बासं विभत्तीनं यानि यानि पुब्बानि छ पदानि तानि तानि परस्सपदसञ्ञानि होन्ति।

     Atha sabbāsaṃ vibhattīnaṃ yāni yāni pubbāni cha padāni, tāni tāni parassapadasaññāni honti.

     Then whatever are the first six endings of all the endings, they are called the active endings.

Declension

Declension table of "pada" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	padaṃ	padāni or padā
Accusative (second)	padaṃ	padāni
Instrumental (third)	padena or padā or padasā	padehi or padebhi
Dative (fourth)	padassa or padāya or padatthaṃ	padānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	padasmā or padamhā or padā	padehi or padebhi
Genitive (sixth)	padassa	padānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	padasmiṃ or padamhi or pade	padesu
Vocative (calling)	pada	padāni

Derived terms

• janapada (“state, territory”)

Descendants

• → Burmese: ပုဒ် (pud, “word; punctuation mark”)
• → Burmese: ပိုဒ် (puid, “paragraph”)
• → Lao: ບົດ (bot, “chapter”)
• → Thai: บท (bòt, “chapter”)
• → Northern Thai: ᨷᩫ᩠ᨴ (“chapter”)

References

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.da/

Verb

pada

1. third-person singular present of padać

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pata, from Proto-Uralic *pata.

Noun

pada

1. pot
2. jar

Inflection

Inflection of pada
nominative sing.	pada
genitive sing.	padan
partitive sing.	padad
partitive plur.	padoid
	singular	plural
nominative	pada	padad
accusative	padan	padad
genitive	padan	padoiden
partitive	padad	padoid
essive-instructive	padan	padoin
translative	padaks	padoikš
inessive	padas	padoiš
elative	padaspäi	padoišpäi
illative	?	padoihe
adessive	padal	padoil
ablative	padalpäi	padoilpäi
allative	padale	padoile
abessive	padata	padoita
comitative	padanke	padoidenke
prolative	padadme	padoidme
approximative I	padanno	padoidenno
approximative II	padannoks	padoidennoks
egressive	padannopäi	padoidennopäi
terminative I	?	padoihesai
terminative II	padalesai	padoilesai
terminative III	padassai	—
additive I	?	padoihepäi
additive II	padalepäi	padoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “горшок”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika