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bāhirā

bāhira

masc nom pl of bāhira (adj); fem nom sg of bāhira (adj); fem nom pl of bāhira (adj); nt nom pl of bāhira (adj); …

1. outer; external
2. outlying; remote
3. outside; external
4. outsider; (comm) outside of the eight noble individuals

Etymology. √bah > bāh + *i + ra; from √bah 'be outside'; Sanskrit bāhya [vah]

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

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