Etymology

patana

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Today it means: A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle. Full definition →

Sanskrit पतन
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromपतन
  2. English todaypatana

From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.

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