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evaṁvādiṁ

evaṁvādin

accusative singular masculine of evaṁvādin (a substantive adjective meaning 'one who speaks thus')

1. one who speaks thus; a person holding such a view
2. specifically, a speaker of the Dhamma or a holder of right view

Built from

• evaṁ — root · thus, in this way
  Demonstrates the sense of manner and refers deictically to a doctrine or mode of speech just stated or about to be stated.
• vād — root · speak, say
  Cognate with Latin vox 'voice' and English voice; forms agent nouns with -in to denote 'one who speaks'.
• in — ending · accusative marker
  Marks the accusative singular masculine case, used here as the object of the verb or in predicate position to identify the person's characteristic manner.

Analysis. evaṁ + vādin: evaṁ ('thus, in this way') + vādin ('speaker, one who says'), a substantive participle from √vac 'to speak'. The accusative form evaṁvādiṁ is used predicatively or as an object in dependent clauses describing someone identified by their manner of speech or doctrine.

Etymology. The root vāc- (√vac 'to speak') is cognate with Latin vox ('voice') and English voice; it carries the sense of utterance and is often prefixed in Pali to form agent nouns. The adverb evaṁ ('thus') derives from the demonstrative stem e- and the neuter absolutive suffix -vaṁ, meaning 'in this manner' or 'so'.

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

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