Where does “pathshala” come from?
pathshala (English) comes from Hindi पाठशाला, from Hindi पाठ, from Sanskrit पाठ, from Sanskrit पठ्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pl̥tH-.
pathshala (English): A kind of Hindu-run village school
Definitions
- A kind of Hindu-run village school
Ancestry of “pathshala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Hindi | पाठशाला | school, institution of learning |
| 2 | Hindi | पाठ | learning, reading; memorization |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पाठ | recitation, recital; reading, perusal, study; a... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पठ् | to read or repeat aloud, recite, rehearse |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *pl̥tH- | — |