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brūhetā

brūhetar

masc nom sg of brūhetar (noun); masc voc sg of brūhetar (noun); masc instr sg of brūhenta (prp); nt instr sg of brūhenta (prp); …

1. brūhetar (masc): who develops; who practices; who furthers; lit. increaser
2. brūhenta (prp): increasing, developing

Built from

• brūh — root · grow, increase
  The root √brūh means to increase and develop. It appears in compounds with prefixes that shape the doctrinal sense: bhāvanā (development) involves this growth through practice.
• -etar — ending · agent (one who)
  The suffix -tar forms agent nouns in Pali, denoting the doer or causer of the action. Here it nominates one who increases or furthers practice.

Etymology. From √brūh (to grow, increase, develop), which is related to Sanskrit √bṛh and ultimately to Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (to grow, increase). The agent noun brūhetar (agent-noun suffix -tar) denotes 'one who causes growth.' English cognates: the sense of 'burden' in 'burg' (a fortified place that grows), and 'berg' (mountain); Latin frangere shows a different Indo-European reflex. The root underlies the doctrinal sense of developing meditation and the moral life.

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

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