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sri pada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables
sri -pa-da
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A conical mountain in central Sri Lanka and a pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and to a lesser extent Syriac Christians, due to a seeming indentation being considered a footprint of the Buddha, Shiva or Hanuman, Adam or the apostle Thomas respectively.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී පාද (śrī pāda, literally “holy footprint”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ශ්රී පාද

Inflected Forms

Sripada (alternative)

Synonyms

Adam's Peak

Questions

What does sri pada mean?
A conical mountain in central Sri Lanka and a pilgrimage site for Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims and to a lesser extent Syriac Christians, due to a seeming indentation being considered a footprint of the Buddha, Shiva or Hanuman, Adam or the apostle Thomas respectively.
Where does sri pada come from?
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී පාද (śrī pāda, literally “holy footprint”).

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