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ajeyyo

ajeyya

masc nom sg of ajeyya (ptp)

1. invincible; unconquerable (among); lit. not to be defeated
2. inviolable
3. not decaying; not growing old; permanent

Built from

• a — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• jeyya — stem · conquerable
  Past participle form (potential passive) from √ji 'to overcome, conquer'. The -a suffix makes it an adjective meaning 'able to be conquered'.

Etymology. a- (not) + jeyya (conquerable, from √ji 'to overcome'; cognate with English 'jet' in the sense of throwing force, Latin jacere 'to throw'). The root ji originally meant 'to throw against, to overcome by force', preserved in Sanskrit jaya- 'victory'. The prefix a- negates: ajeyya = 'not-conquerable', hence 'unconquerable'.

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

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