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පස්ස

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Sinhalese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀙 (paccha), from Sanskrit *पश्च (paśca).[1] Cognate with Assamese পাচ (pas), Bengali পাছ (pach), and Hindustani پاچھ (pāch) / पाछ (pāch).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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පස්ස • (passa)[2]

  1. (anatomy) back

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*paśca”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 451
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “පස්ස”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.
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