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arahanto

arahant

masc nom sg of arahant (noun); masc nom pl of arahant (noun); masc voc pl of arahant (noun)

1. awakened being; fourth stage of the path; lit. worthy one

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. The prefix reverses or negates the verbal sense.
• rah — root · stay, remain
  From *srah- / *stah- (compare Sanskrit sthā 'stand', English 'stay'). Originally 'to stand or remain in place', here semantically inverted through negation to mean 'one who does not remain (in saṃsāra)'.
• -ant — ending · agent noun
  Standard Pali agent suffix forming masculine nouns from verbal roots, marking the subject who performs or embodies the action of the root.

Etymology. From a- (not, without) + rahati (to stay, remain, linger): literally 'one who does not remain/linger', i.e. does not linger in the round of rebirth. Cognate imagery parallels English 'away' (from weg- 'to move'): motion away from the cycle. The Pali semanticization emphasizes the one who has departed from saṃsāra.

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

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