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saradasamaye

saradasamaya

masc acc pl of saradasamaya (noun); masc loc sg of saradasamaya (noun)

1. autumn season; autumn time

Built from

• sarada — root · autumn
  From √sad 'sit, settle'. The season named for settling and cessation of growth. Cognate with English seat, Latin sedēre, Sanskrit sad-.
• samaya — stem · season, time
  From sam- 'together' (things brought into one) + √i 'go' (aya nominalization). A time when conditions recur together. Cognate: Latin ire, English iterate, Greek ienai.

Analysis. sarada + samaya; sarada 'autumn' (√sad, 'sit', hence the season when things settle) + samaya 'season, time' (√sam + aya, 'coming together', hence a recurring period). Together: the autumn season.

Etymology. sarada: from √sad 'to sit, settle' (cognate with English seat, Latin sedeo), denoting the season when vegetation settles and ceases to grow. samaya: from sam- 'together' + √i 'go', with -aya nominalization; the root √i is cognate with English iterate, Latin ire 'go', and appears in Gk. ienai. The prefix sam- conveys things coming together into a whole, here the recurring confluence of conditions that define a season.

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

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