path په، راه pah, râh Fr.: chemin, trajectoire; bande A route, course, or track along which something moves.
A course of action, conduct, or procedure.
Math.: A continuous curve that connects two or more points.
In → graph theory, a → graph
whose → vertices can be arranged in a sequence.
Etymology (EN): O.E. paþ, pæþ; cf. O.Fris. path; M.Du. pat; Du. pad;
O.H.G. pfad; Ger. Pfad “path.” Etymology (PE): Pah “path, way,”
from O.Pers. paθi- “path, way;”
Av. paθ-, variants paθi-, paθā-, pantay-
(with conversion of -θ- to -h-, as
in ciθra-/cehr, xšaθra-/šahr/šâh,
vərəθraγna-/bahrâm, → Mars);
Mid/Mod.Pers. pand “path, advice, counsel;”
Khotanese pande “road, path;” Ossetic fœndœg “path, road;”
cf. Skt. pánthā-
“road, path, course;”
Gk. patos “path, way,” pontos “sea;”
L. pons “bridge, path;” P.Gmc. *finthanan
“to find;” E. find; PIE base *pent- “to go, to tread.”
Râh, → way. |
