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maggena

magga

masc instr sg of magga (noun); nt instr sg of magga (noun); masc instr sg of magga (adj); nt instr sg of magga (adj)

1. road; path; track; way
2. way; means; method
3. coat; layering; lit. way
4. inlet; outlet; pipe; lit. way
5. series; sequence; group; lit. way
6. passage; lit. way
7. road; path; track; way
8. with a road; with a path
9. …

Etymology. From √marg- 'to go, traverse' (Sanskrit mārga-, ultimately from Indo-European *merǵ- 'to go, wander'). Cognate with English march (in the sense of 'boundary', originally a path between territories) and Germanic *mark- 'border'. The concrete sense is motion along a defined route; abstractly, any course of action or method.

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

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