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sadde

sadda

masc acc pl of sadda (noun); masc loc sg of sadda (noun); nt acc pl of sadda (noun); nt loc sg of sadda (noun)

1. sound; noise
2. word; lit. sound
3. report; reputation; good estimation; lit. sound
4. (gram) word; part of a word; the word ' '; lit. sound
5. sound; noise
6. voice; lit. sound
7. (gram) nominal stem; lit. sound

Built from

• sad — root · sit, settle
  The concrete image is 'settling' or 'resting in place'. Cognates: Sanskrit sad-, Latin sedeō 'sit', English sit; also English sediment, settle. In Pali the root generates both 'seat' and 'sound' (what rests audibly in the ear).
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular
  Nominalizing suffix deriving an agent noun or abstract noun from the root. Marks the masculine singular citation form sadda.

Etymology. From √sad 'sit, settle'; cognate with Sanskrit sad-, Latin sedeō 'sit' (sediment, session), English sit. The root sense 'what settles or sits' → 'sound that settles in the ear' → 'word, utterance'; compare Latin sēdēs 'seat, abode' (residence) and how 'seat' metonymically means 'position, standing' or 'reputation' in both languages.

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

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