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ātāpino

ātāpī

masc nom pl of ātāpī (adj); masc acc pl of ātāpī (adj); masc dat sg of ātāpī (adj); nt dat sg of ātāpī (adj); …

1. avid; ardent; zealous; with continuous effort; lit. burning

Built from

• ā — prefix · toward
  Turns √tap inward: heat directed toward one's own effort rather than outward dissipation.
• tap — root · burn, be hot
  Cognate Sanskrit tapas (austerity, heat); the same root underlies Latin tepidus and Greek tephos, all from PIE *tep- 'to be warm'.
• ī — ending · masculine singular
  Denominative adjective ending, making one who embodies the quality 'burning' into an agent noun.

Etymology. ā- (toward the speaker) + √tap (to burn, be hot). The image is of one who burns with inner heat — zeal as thermal intensity. Sanskrit tapas 'heat, austerity' shares the root; Latin tepidus 'warm' and English tepid derive from the same Indo-European base, though English 'tape' and 'taper' are unrelated.

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

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