idha

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From ið- (again, back); compare with modern Swedish idelig (perpetual) and idissla (ruminate).

Cognate with Danish ide, Norwegian ida, ia, ea and Icelandic iða. Possibly also English eddy.

Noun

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idha

  1. an eddy

Descendants

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  • Swedish: eda

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hidʰá, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁i-dʰe- (here).[1] Compare Sanskrit इह (ihá), Avestan 𐬌𐬛𐬁 (idā), 𐬌𐬜𐬀 (iδa), Ashokan Prakrit 𑀇𑀥 (idha).

Adverb

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idha

  1. here
    • c. 50 BC, The Buddha, Dhammapada(pāḷi), Yamakavagga, page 26; republished in The Eighteenth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Khuddaka-Nikāya[1], Colombo, 2009:
      5. න හි වෙරෙන වෙරාචී සම‍්මන‍්තීධ කුදාචනං 5
      අඞවරෙන ච සම‍්මන‍්ති එස ධම‍්මො සනන‍්තනො.
      5. Na hi verena verāni sammantīdha kudācanaṃ 5
      Averena ca sammanti esa dhammo sanantano.
      5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
      but are settled by love. This is an eternal truth.
      (literally, “5. For in this world hatreds are not ever settled by hatred,
      but are settled by love. This truth is eternal.
      ”)
      (Wiktionary translation adapted from translation of the Pali by Ajahn Sujato.)

References

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  1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (2011) The Indo-Aryan Inherited Lexicon (in progress) (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Project), Leiden University