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āvaṭṭo

āvaṭṭa

masc nom sg of āvaṭṭa (noun); masc nom sg of āvaṭṭa (adj); masc nom sg of āvaṭṭa (pp); aor 2nd sg of āvaṭṭi (verb)

1. āvaṭṭa (masc): eddy; whirlpool; maelstrom
2. āvaṭṭa (adj): twisting; turning; rotating; curling
3. āvaṭṭa (pp): converted; changed; transformed (by)
4. āvaṭṭa (masc): circumference
5. āvaṭṭi (aor): turned forward and backward, rotated

Etymology. ā + √vaṭṭ + a; from √vaṭṭ 'turn'; Sanskrit āvarta [āvṛt]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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