Where does “abhidhāna” come from?
abhidhāna (Pali) comes from Sanskrit अभिधान, from Sanskrit अभि-, from Sanskrit अ-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian a-, from Proto-Indo-European n̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ne — not.
abhidhāna (Pali): name, appellation, expression
Definitions
- name, appellation, expression
Ancestry of “abhidhāna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Sanskrit | अभिधान | telling, naming, speaking, speech, manifesting; a... |
| 2 | Sanskrit | अभि- | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | अ- | un-, not; Used in the formation of imperfect,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | a- | un-, a- |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |
Words derived from “abhidhāna”