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candimā

candima

masc nom sg of candima (noun); masc voc sg of candima (noun); masc nom sg of candimant (adj); masc nom pl of candimant (adj); …

1. candima (masc): moon; lit. bright
2. candima (masc): name of a deity who lives in the moon; lit. bright
3. candimant (adj): bright
4. candimas (masc): moon; moon deity; lit. bright

Built from

• cand — root · shine, glitter
  The root cand- denotes luminosity and radiance. It appears in Sanskrit cand- and Latin candēre (candle, candid), all from the same Indo-European root meaning 'to glow'.
• -ima — ending · one who, agent
  This suffix forms agent nouns or adjectives from verbal roots, here creating 'the shining one'—a designation for the moon. The nominative singular -a ending follows the masculine ā-stem pattern.

Etymology. From √cand- 'to shine, glitter', cognate with Sanskrit cand- and Latin candēre 'to glow, be white' (English candid, candle); the suffix -ima forms adjectives or agent nouns. The literal sense 'bright one' became the name for the moon as the shining body of night.

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

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