The story
- Sanskrit · derived fromपद्म“lotus”
- Tibetan · borrowed fromཔད་མ
- English todayPema
Borrowed from Tibetan པད་མ (pad ma), from Sanskrit पद्म (padma, “lotus”). Doublet of Padma.
Words from the same roots
Sanskritपद्म all →
padmaPadmaja
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.