畜生
Chinese
forms
Definitions
- domestic animal; livestock; brute
- (derogatory) beast; bugger; contemptible person; brute; bastard
Etymology
Derived from Sanskrit तिर्यग्योनि (animal creation) derived from Pali tiracchānayoni (the realm of the brute creation).
Origin
Pali
tiracchānayoni
Gloss
the realm of the brute creation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- तिर्यग्योनि Sanskrit
- तिर्यञ्च् Sanskrit
- tiracchānayoni Pali