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ñātisālohitā

ñātisālohita

masc nom pl of ñātisālohita (noun); masc instr sg of ñātisālohita (noun); masc abl sg of ñātisālohita (noun); masc voc sg of ñātisālohita (noun); …

1. family and blood relative

Built from

• ñāti — root · kinsman
  From √jñā 'to know', those known to one another; related to Sanskrit jñāta and English know through Indo-European *gne-.
• sālohita — stem · blood-relations
  Likely sāla (hall, assembly of kin) + ohita (placed together), or a compound of sāla and lohita (blood, red). Lohita derives from √ruh 'to grow red' or redden, the blood that binds family.

Analysis. ñāti (relative) + sāla (hall, assembly) + ohita (placed, laid) — or more likely ñāti + sālohi (blood-relations) + ta; the compound denotes kinsmen bound by blood.

Etymology. ñāti < √jñā (know; Sanskrit jñāta "known, kinsman"); sāla from √sal (to fall, drop; cognate with English salt, from the crystallized residue); lohita (red; blood) from √ruh (to grow red) — blood as the red fluid that unites kin.

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

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