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abbhokāse

abbhokāsa

masc acc pl of abbhokāsa (noun); masc loc sg of abbhokāsa (noun)

1. open space; open air; wide open space

Built from

• abhi — prefix · toward, over
  Prefix expressing direction toward and exposure; imagery of facing outward into space.
• okāsa — stem · space, room, occasion
  From root √vac (dwell, be empty); cognate with English vacant, Latin vacuus. Literally 'a place where there is room'.

Analysis. abhi (toward, over) + okāsa (space, room, occasion); 'space facing outward' or 'space laid open toward (the sky)'—a compound expressing exposure and unobstructedness.

Etymology. The prefix abhi- (toward, bearing down on, from Latin ob-) combines with okāsa, from the root √vac 'to dwell, to have room' (Sanskrit vac-; cognate with English 'vacant', Latin vacuus 'empty'). The sense evolved from 'room to dwell' to 'open space'.

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

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