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aparapure

aparapura

masc acc pl of aparapura (adj); nt acc pl of aparapura (adj); masc loc sg of aparapura (adj); nt loc sg of aparapura (adj); …

1. on the western side of town; to the west of the city

Built from

• apa — prefix · away, off
  Spatial prefix meaning 'away, off' (Greek apo-, Latin ab-, English of/off). Here it expresses the sense of 'other' or 'remote'.
• ra — ending · comparative suffix
  Suffix forming the comparative and relative adjective apara 'farther, other, remote' from the notion of movement away.
• pura — root · city, town
  Root pura (fortified place, city); cognate with Sanskrit pura, Latin purum (pure, fortified), and Greek polis. The sense of an enclosed, fortified settlement underlies its use here.

Analysis. apara (western, remote, other) + pura (city, town): literally 'other-city' or 'far-side city', used for the western quarter of a settlement.

Etymology. apara derives from apa (away, off) + -ra (comparative suffix), meaning 'farther away, remote, other'; cognate with Sanskrit apara and Avestan apara. Pura is from PIE *pur- (fortified place), cognate with Sanskrit pura, Latin purum, and Greek polis (city). The compound registers the spatial orientation common in early urban topography.

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

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