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pessāti

pessa

masc

1. servant; messenger; runner; lit. to be sent
2. name of a layman; lit. to be sent

Analysis. pessa + iti; pessā + iti

Etymology. √pis > pes + *ya; from √pis 'send'; Sanskrit preṣya [preṣ]

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

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