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sukho

sukha

masc nom sg of sukha (adj)

1. easy (on); comfortable (for); pleasant (for); good (for); contented
2. (of water) tepid
3. (of weather) fine; mild; pleasant
4. happy

Built from

• su- — prefix · well, good
  Intensive prefix meaning 'well' or 'good', from Indo-European *swe- (one's own, being well). Denotes ease and absence of obstruction.
• kha — root · empty space, ease
  Root relating to openness or unobstructed movement. The concrete sense of 'empty space' or 'ease of movement' underlies the abstract meaning 'comfort, ease'.

Etymology. From su- (well, good) + √kha. The root kha relates to space, opening, or ease of movement; su- prefixes the sense of 'well' to create the concrete image of 'moving well, without obstruction'. Cognate with Greek eu- (eu-pnoia 'easy breathing'), Latin suo- (suāvis 'sweet'), and English easy through Indo-European *sweǝ- (dwell, own, one's own). The prefix su- is the same word as Greek eu- (eulogy, Eucharist) and Sanskrit su-, all from the root meaning 'to be good, benefit'.

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

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