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byākaramāno

byākaramāna

masc nom sg of byākaramāna (prp)

1. answering; replying; lit. making distinct

Built from

• byā — prefix · apart, asunder
  Variant of vi-, carrying the sense of distinction and separation. Used here to form the verbal compound meaning 'to distinguish by making'.
• kar — root · make, do
  From Proto-Indo-European *kwer-. Cognate with Latin creare (to create) and English create. The root carries the sense of making or fashioning.
• amāna — ending · present participle
  The present participle ending -māna/-māna marks continuous action in the nominative singular masculine, indicating the subject is actively answering or making distinct at the moment of speech.

Analysis. byā + karamāna. byā is a variant of vi (apart, asunder), and karamāna is the present participle stem of karoti (makes, does). The compound means 'making apart' or 'distinguishing by utterance', hence 'answering' or 'explaining'.

Etymology. vi + karoti. The prefix vi- (apart, asunder) comes from the same root as Sanskrit dvi (two) and carries the sense of distinction and clarity. Karoti (make, do) is from Proto-Indo-European *kwer- (make, create), cognate with Latin creare and English create. The combination vi-karoti literally 'makes apart' developed the meaning 'distinguishes, explains, answers'.

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

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