Where does “upamā” come from?
upamā (Pali) comes from Sanskrit उपमा, from Tamil உப்புமா, from Tamil மா, from Old Tamil 𑀫𑀸, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान, from Proto-Indo-Aryan yáHnam — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
upamā (Pali): simile; parable; comparison
Definitions
- simile; parable; comparison
Ancestry of “upamā”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Sanskrit | उपमा | |
| 2 | Tamil | உப்புமா | — |
| 3 | Tamil | மா | animal, beast; horse; elephant |
| 4 | Old Tamil | 𑀫𑀸 | — |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 7 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |
Words derived from “upamā”