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Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *pasčaH, from Proto-Indo-European *pos-kʷéh₁, from *pós (“afterwards, behind”). Cognate with Latin post (“afterwards, behind”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬯𐬗𐬀 (pasca), Old Persian 𐎱𐎿𐎠 (p-s-a /pasā/).
Pronunciation
Adverb
पश्चा • (paścā)
- behind
- after, later
- westward
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पश्चा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 612/1.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 110