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ettha

ind

1. here; in this place; in this case; in this regard
2. (gram) in this grammatical rule

Built from

• e- — root · this
  Demonstrative pronoun stem; same root as etad, eta. Related to English 'this' and Sanskrit etad through the proximal demonstrative system.
• -tha — ending · locative
  Locative suffix marking place or circumstance where; builds adverbs from demonstrative and interrogative stems (e.g. kattha 'where', atthi-tha variants).

Etymology. From etad (this) + -tha, a locative suffix; cognate with Sanskrit etra, Latin istic- (in this place), and English this. The -tha ending marks location, as in adverbs of place.

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

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