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aññatreva

aññatra

indeclinable + enclitic (sandhi form aññatreva)

1. aññatra (ind): elsewhere; away; in another place (from)
2. aññatra (ind): apart (from); aside (from); other (than); except (for); without
3. aññatreva (sandhi): without; nothing to do (with); completely separate (from); lit. just apart

Built from

• aña — root · other
  Cognate with Sanskrit anya and Latin alius; from IE *an- (one, single), the sense evolving from 'singular, individual' to 'another, different'.
• -tra — ending · place, locative
  Suffix forming place-words (cf. yatra 'where'). Here creates aññatra as 'in the place of otherness', i.e., elsewhere, apart.
• eva — prefix · just, only
  Emphatic particle intensifying the preceding word; strengthens the force of separation or exclusion to 'without, nothing to do with'.

Analysis. aññatra (elsewhere, apart) + eva (just, only) = without, completely separate; emphatic form stressing total exclusion.

Etymology. aññatra from aña (other) + -tra (locative suffix, place where). Aña is cognate with Sanskrit anya, from Indo-European *an- (one, single), the source of Latin alius (other) and English 'alien'. The suffix -tra creates a place-word: 'the place of otherness.' Eva is an emphatic particle (just, verily), unrelated to Indo-European but used to sharpen the exclusionary force.

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

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