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ekabhattiko

ekabhattika

masc nom sg of ekabhattika (adj)

1. eating one meal a day; (comm) eating in one part of the day, even up to ten times

Built from

• eka — root · one, single
  From PIE *oiko- (Latin unus, English one). Marks numerical unity.
• bhatta — stem · cooked rice, meal
  From √bhaj 'to share, apportion' (Sanskrit bhakta). Originally denotes the portion apportioned and eaten.
• -ika — ending · forming adjectives
  Denominative suffix that makes an adjective meaning 'characterised by, practising, of the nature of' — here, one who eats one meal.

Analysis. eka 'one' + bhatta 'cooked rice, meal' + -ika (adj suffix); literally 'one-meal(-practising)'

Etymology. eka from PIE *oiko- 'one, single' (Latin unus, English one via Proto-Germanic); bhatta from √bhaj 'to share, apportion' (Sanskrit bhakta 'portion, meal', Latin fāgus 'beech tree' — shared food), originally 'what is apportioned'

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

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