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āloko

āloka

masc nom sg of āloka (noun)

1. light; brightness; clarity

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward
  Reversal/completion prefix; makes the following action or state oriented toward the speaker or brought into presence.
• lok — root · see, light
  Related to Sanskrit loka 'world' and the IE root *leuk- 'light, bright'. Cognates: Latin lūx, English light, German leicht.

Etymology. ā + √luc (or lok-), 'light that comes toward the observer'; cognate with Latin lūx, English light, Greek leukos 'white, bright'. The prefix ā- (toward the speaker) reverses or completes the sense of the root, giving 'light arriving, manifest brightness'.

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

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