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bahiddhā

bahiddha

masc nom pl of bahiddha (adj); fem nom sg of bahiddha (adj); fem nom pl of bahiddha (adj); nt nom pl of bahiddha (adj); …

1. bahiddha (adj): external; outward
2. bahiddhā (ind): externally; outwardly
3. bahiddhā (ind): outside (of); beyond

Built from

• bahi — root · outside, external
  A locative or spatial root meaning 'outside' or 'away from the inside'; cognate with Sanskrit bahis. The concrete sense of spatial exteriority underlies all its uses.
• -ddha — ending · suffix, locative/adjectival
  A suffix forming adjectives and adverbs of location or state; -ddha may be related to locative formations. It fixes bahi into the adjectival form bahiddha (external) and indeclinable adverbial form bahiddhā (externally).

Analysis. bahi- (external, outer) + -ddha (suffix, compare -tha locatives). The form bahiddhā functions as an indeclinable adverb meaning 'externally' or 'outside'; it derives from the adjective bahiddha (external).

Etymology. bahi is from a root meaning 'outside', related to Sanskrit bahis (outer, external) and potentially connected to Indo-European *bheg- or *bha- (to shine, appear, project outward). The spatial sense of being 'outside' or 'away from' remains central throughout Pali compounds (e.g., bahirañjana).

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

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