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Pali
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit अर्थ (artha).
Noun
attha m
- welfare, gain, wealth
- need, want, use
- meaning
c. 450 AD, Buddhaghosa, Visuddhimagga; extract republished as Zachary Scheuren, Proposal to encode CHAKMA LETTER VAA for Pali (PDF), 2019, page 2:𑄖𑄖𑄳𑄢𑄂𑄠𑄁 𑅇𑄌𑄚𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄮𑅁 𑄌𑄢𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄥𑄴𑄟𑄨𑄁 𑄥𑄩𑄣𑄬𑄥𑄪 𑄛𑄢𑄨𑄛𑄫𑄢𑄇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄂𑄠 𑄛𑅇𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄩𑄖𑄨 𑄌𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄁 𑄖𑄂𑄠𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄢𑄇𑄴𑄈𑄚𑄴𑄖𑄨 𑄖𑄬𑄚𑄂𑄖𑄨 𑅇𑄂𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄴𑄖𑄁𑅁- tatrāyaṃ vacanattho. caranti tasmiṃ sīlesu paripūrakāritāya pavattantīti cārittaṃ. vāritaṃ tāyanti rakkhanti tenāti vārittaṃ.
- Here, this is the meaning of the words: cāritta: "They behave within that, they proceed fulfilling the virtues"; vāritta: "They protect against what is avoided, they guard against it"
Usage notes
The thing needed, wanted or used is placed in the instrumental.
Declension
Declension table of "attha" (masculine)
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
attha
- second-person plural present/imperative active of atthi (“to be”)
References
- Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “attha”, in Pali-English Dictionary, London: Chipstead