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dosinā

fem nom sg of dosinā (noun); fem nom pl of dosinā (noun); fem acc pl of dosinā (noun); fem instr sg of dosinā (noun); …

1. bright night; moonlit night

Built from

• do- — root · bright, shining
  Related to Sanskrit dīpti (brilliance); from the Indo-European root *dei- (to shine), which also underlies Latin dies (day) and English day. The sense is literal luminosity.
• sinā — stem · night
  Nominative singular feminine of the noun sinā (night). Cognate with Sanskrit rātri and Latin nocturnus, ultimately from the root *nek- (night). In compounds, it often denotes the quality or character of a night.

Etymology. From do- (bright, shining) + sinā (night), a nominal compound. The first element do- is related to Sanskrit dīpti (brilliance) and may connect to the Indo-European root *dei- (to shine), seen also in Latin dies (day) and English day. The second element sinā (night) is cognate with Sanskrit rātri and ultimately with Latin nocturnus through the root *nek- (night).

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

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