Where does “பத்திமை” come from?
பத்திமை (Tamil) comes from Tamil பத்தி, from Sanskrit पङ्क्ति, from Sanskrit पञ्च, from Proto-Indo-Aryan pánća, from Proto-Indo-Iranian pánča, from Proto-Indo-European pénkʷe — five.
பத்திமை (Tamil): devoutness, devotion, piety
Definitions
- devoutness, devotion, piety
Ancestry of “பத்திமை”, step by step
பத்திமை traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tamil பத்தி
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | பத்தி | devotion (as to God, a guru, a king, etc.), bhakti |
| 2 | Sanskrit | पङ्क्ति | a group of five |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पञ्च | combining form of पञ्चन्; five |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | pánća | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | pánča | five |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pénkʷe | five |
via Tamil மை
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tamil | மை | the alphasyllabic |