पद्

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See also: पद and पाद

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts (foot), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds (foot).[1] Cognate with Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬛 (pad), Hittite 𒉺𒋫 (pa-ta), Ancient Greek πούς (poús), Latin pēs, Persian پا (), Old Armenian ոտն (otn), German Fuß, Old English fōt (whence English foot).

Noun

पद् (pád) stemm

  1. a foot
  2. step
    • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.154.5:
      तद॑स्य प्रि॒यम॒भि पाथो॑ अश्यां॒ नरो॒ यत्र॑ देव॒यवो॒ मद॑न्ति।
      उ॒रु॒क्र॒मस्य॒ स हि बन्धु॑रि॒त्था विष्णो॑: प॒दे प॑र॒मे मध्व॒ उत्स॑:॥
      tádasya priyámabhí pā́tho aśyāṃ náro yátra devayávo mádanti.
      urukramásya sá hí bándhuritthā́ víṣṇo: padé paramé mádhva útsa:.
      Might I reach that dear cattle-pen of his, where men seeking the gods find elation, for exactly that is the bond to the wide-striding one: the wellspring of mead in the highest step of Viṣṇu.
  3. fourth part, quarter
Declension
Masculine root-stem declension of पद् (pád)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative पात्
pā́t
पादाउ / पादा
pā́dāu / pā́dā
पादः
pā́daḥ
Vocative पात्
pā́t
पादाउ / पादा
pā́dāu / pā́dā
पादः
pā́daḥ
Accusative पादम्
pā́dam
पादाउ / पादा
pā́dāu / pā́dā
पदः
padáḥ
Instrumental पदा
padā́
पद्भ्याम् / पड्भ्याम्
padbhyā́m / paḍbhyā́m
पद्भिः / पड्भिः
padbhíḥ / paḍbhíḥ
Dative पदे
padé
पद्भ्याम् / पड्भ्याम्
padbhyā́m / paḍbhyā́m
पद्भ्यः / पड्भ्यः
padbhyáḥ / paḍbhyáḥ
Ablative पदः
padáḥ
पद्भ्याम् / पड्भ्याम्
padbhyā́m / paḍbhyā́m
पद्भ्यः / पड्भ्यः
padbhyáḥ / paḍbhyáḥ
Genitive पदः
padáḥ
पदोः
padóḥ
पदाम्
padā́m
Locative पदि
padí
पदोः
padóḥ
पत्सु
patsú
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pád-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pád (to move, go), from the same ultimate origin as Etymology 1,[2] perhaps with semantic influence from the root underlying पत् (pat, to fall).[3]

Root

पद् (pad)

  1. to fall, fall down or out, perish
  2. to go, resort or apply to, participate in, keep, observe
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 77-8
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 76-7
  3. ^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 287-8