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ariyassa

ariya

masc dat sg of ariya (adj); nt dat sg of ariya (adj); masc gen sg of ariya (adj); nt gen sg of ariya (adj); …

1. noble; distinguished; of an awakened being; of the Buddha
2. (abhi) supra-mundane
3. ethically noble person; person of moral integrity
4. awakened being; enlightened one; arahant
5. name of a privately awakened Buddha; lit. noble
6. speaker of an Indo-Aryan language; lit. noble

Built from

• ar — root · fit, proper
  From Indo-European *ar-, meaning 'fitting' or 'proper'; the root underlying 'noble' in the sense of excellence and rightness.
• -iya — ending · adjective suffix
  Denominative suffix -ya forms adjectives; here it makes the quality abstract and transferable, yielding 'noble, of noble character'.

Etymology. From Indo-European *ar-yo-, 'noble, of the noble class'; cognate with Sanskrit ārya, Old Persian ariya, Avestan airya. The root *ar- denotes 'fitting, proper'; the suffix -ya forms adjectives. In the Pali canon, ariya denotes both the ariyan (the noble one, the awakened being) and the supramundane path, virtue, and attainment that characterize freedom from the three roots of evil (lobha, dosa, moha).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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