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kosiya

nt voc sg of kosiya (noun); masc voc sg of kosiya (noun)

1. silk; lit. from a cocoon
2. family name of Sakka; epithet of Sakka; lit. from a cocoon
3. name of an arahant monk; lit. from a cocoon

Built from

• ku — root · weave, bind
  From Indo-European *kew-, also seen in Greek ὑφή 'weaving' and English 'sew'. Represents the action of interlacing threads.
• -siya — ending · agent nominalizer
  Forms agent nouns from verbal roots; '-siya' marks the doer or product of an action. Here it produces the noun meaning 'that which is woven', i.e. fabric or silk.

Etymology. From √ku 'to weave' + -siya (agent suffix). The word's root ku and its derivatives (kuveti, kuvi) relate to weaving and fabric-making; the -siya suffix forms agent nouns ('one who does'). Cognate with Sanskrit kuśīra 'silk' and Greek ὑφή (huphḗ) 'weaving' from Indo-European *kew- 'to bind, bend, weave', also seen in English 'sew'. In Buddhist texts, kosiya often denotes silk as a luxury material, and the Kosiya family name or Sakka epithet may derive from association with fine woven cloth.

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

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