English
kshanti
Kshanti comes from Sanskrit क्षान्ति ‘patience, forbearance, endurance’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšamH-.
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*kšamH-‘to bear, to endure’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्षम्kṣam‘to have patience, to forgive’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्षान्तिkṣānti‘patience, forbearance, endurance’
- Englishtodaykshanti
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*kšamH-‘to bear, to endure’reconstructed
- Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEक्षम्kṣam‘to have patience, to forgive’
- Sanskrit, derivedc. 1500–500 BCEक्षान्तिkṣānti‘patience, forbearance, endurance’
- Englishtodaykshanti
Every English word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšamH-
Today it means
noun patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *kšamH- / kshanti