"appanā" meaning in Pali

See appanā in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Either derived from inherited form *appaṇa from Sanskrit अर्पण (arpaṇa) by irregular decerebralisation and change of gender, or formed anew as app (root) + -anā from Pali appeti (“to fix”). Etymology templates: {{der|pi|sa|अर्पण}} Sanskrit अर्पण (arpaṇa), {{suf|pi|app|-anā|pos1=root|pos2=|t1=|t2=}} app (root) + -anā, {{root|pi|pi|app|id=}}, {{pi-root|app|-anā|notext=1}} app (root) + -anā, {{m+|pi|appeti|t=to fix}} Pali appeti (“to fix”) Head templates: {{pi-noun|f}} appanā f Inflection templates: {{pi-decl-noun|g=f}} Forms: feminine [table-tags], appanā [nominative, singular], appanāyo [nominative, plural], appanā [nominative, plural], appanaṃ [accusative, singular], appanāyo [accusative, plural], appanā [accusative, plural], appanāya [instrumental, singular], appanāhi [instrumental, plural], appanābhi [instrumental, plural], appanāya [dative, singular], appanānaṃ [dative, plural], appanāya [ablative, singular], appanāhi [ablative, plural], appanābhi [ablative, plural], appanāya [genitive, singular], appanānaṃ [genitive, plural], appanāya [locative, singular], appanāyaṃ [locative, singular], appanāsu [locative, plural], appane [singular, vocative], appanāyo [plural, vocative], appanā [plural, vocative]
  1. thought, reasoning, resolve Tags: feminine

Inflected forms

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