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ajjhattiko

ajjhattika

masc nom sg of ajjhattika (adj)

1. internal; personal; in oneself

Built from

• aji — prefix · in/by the self
  Old instrumental or locative form of atta (self), marking the locus or means of action. The concrete image is self-location: within one's own being.
• atta — root · self, soul
  From Sanskrit ātman < IE *et-men (breathing being). Cognate with Latin anima and English animate. In Buddhist doctrine, atta is the conventionally designated self; doctrine denies any ultimate unchanging atta (anattā).
• ika — ending · pertaining to (adjectival)
  Nominalizing suffix that forms adjectives; marks this as a relational adjective 'of or in the self'. The nominative singular masculine ending -o is absorbed into the suffix form.

Analysis. aji + atta + ika; aji is an old locative/instrumental form of atta (self), giving 'in/by the self'; atta is self or soul; -ika is an adjectival suffix. The word thus means 'of or belonging to the self, internal.'

Etymology. From atta (self, soul) < Sanskrit ātman, from Indo-European *et-men (breathing being), cognate with Latin anima (soul, breath) and English animate. The prefix aji- preserves an archaic oblique case form. The -ika suffix is a common Pali adjectival formant.

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

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