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āpaṇā

āpaṇa

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

1. shop; market
2. name of a town in Bengal; lit. market
3. name of a town in Aṅguttarāpa; lit. market

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward, up to
  Reverses motion verbs; here suggests coming toward a place of exchange or congregation.
• paṇ — root · bargain, haggle, trade
  From Indo-European root meaning exchange or commerce; Sanskrit paṇ- has the same sense.
• a — ending · masculine nominative singular stem
  Masculine a-stem nominal suffix; nominative plural -ā marks agreement with plural head noun.

Analysis. ā + paṇa; ā (toward, up to) + paṇa (bargaining, exchange). The word originally denoted a place where one comes to transact business.

Etymology. From ā- (toward) + paṇ- (to bargain, exchange), a root meaning to haggle or deal. The spatial prefix ā (toward the speaker, up to) combines with the notion of coming to a place of transaction. Sanskrit paṇ- shares the sense of commerce; the root is related to Sanskrit paṇya (merchandise, goods for sale).

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

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