"āhāra" meaning in Pali

See āhāra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Inherited from Sanskrit आहार (āhāra). The Pali root is har. Etymology templates: {{root|pi|ine-pro|*gʰer-|id=yearn}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pi|sa|आहार|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit आहार (āhāra), {{inh+|pi|sa|आहार}} Inherited from Sanskrit आहार (āhāra), {{root|pi|pi|har|id=}}, {{root|pi|sa|हृ}}, {{pi-root|har|a|a|sa=हृ|sr=1}} The Pali root is har Head templates: {{pi-noun|m}} āhāra m Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=m}} Forms: masculine [table-tags], āhāro [nominative, singular], āhārā [nominative, plural], āhāraṃ [accusative, singular], āhāre [accusative, plural], āhārena [instrumental, singular], āhārehi [instrumental, plural], āhārebhi [instrumental, plural], āhārassa [dative, singular], āhārāya [dative, singular], āhāratthaṃ [dative, singular], āhārānaṃ [dative, plural], āhārasmā [ablative, singular], āhāramhā [ablative, singular], āhārā [ablative, singular], āhārehi [ablative, plural], āhārebhi [ablative, plural], āhārassa [genitive, singular], āhārānaṃ [genitive, plural], āhārasmiṃ [locative, singular], āhāramhi [locative, singular], āhāre [locative, singular], āhāresu [locative, plural], āhāra [singular, vocative], āhārā [plural, vocative]
  1. feeding, support, food, nutriment Tags: masculine Derived forms: appāhāratā

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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