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evarūpāpi

evarūpa

adjective; nominative feminine singular (evarūpā) + enclitic particle api, contracted by sandhi to evarūpāpi

1. evarūpa (adj): such; similar kind of; of such quality
2. evarūpāpi (sandhi): even such; even such kind of

Built from

• eva — root · just so, thus
  Demonstrative pronoun akin to Sanskrit eva; reflects an older reflexive base *swa- (English 'self', Latin suus). Gives evarūpa the sense of 'thus-formed' or 'of such a kind'.
• rūpa — stem · form, quality, kind
  Noun meaning 'form' or 'appearance'; from √rūp- 'to give shape' (Sanskrit rūpa; cognate with Latin rapere 'seize, carry' and English 'rape' in the botanical sense—originally 'something seized or taken'). Here compounded with eva to mean 'of such a form or quality'.
• ā — ending · feminine nominative singular
  Feminine -ā ending on the nominative singular, marking agreement with a feminine noun (e.g., 'this woman is evarūpā'). Standard feminine singular nominative in Pali.
• pi — ending · also, even (enclitic)
  Enclitic particle api 'also, even, even if' (often written pi after elision of the initial vowel before a following vowel or as pi in sandhi). Adds emphasis or concession: 'even such', 'such indeed'. The -ā before pi elides in sandhi, giving evarūpāpi as a single phonological unit.

Analysis. evarūpā (fem. nom. sg. of evarūpa 'of such quality') + api ('even, also'); the enclitic api attaches to the preceding word, with final -ā of evarūpā eliding before api to yield evarūpāpi. Common in the suttas to emphasize or concede a quality: 'even such (a one)', 'even such a thing'.

Etymology. evarūpa from eva 'just so, thus' (demonstrative stem, cognate with English 'ever' in the sense 'one-ever', thus 'always-such') + rūpa 'form, quality, kind' (√rūp- 'to give shape', related to English 'rape' in the botanical sense and Latin rapere 'seize, carry'). The stem eva is akin to the Sanskrit demonstrative eva and points to an older *swa-, the reflexive base seen in English 'self' and Latin suus 'his own'; rūpa is cognate with Sanskrit rūpa and the Germanic root *raup- (shape, form). api is an enclitic particle meaning 'also, even, even if', from the same root as Latin -pe (an enclitic in archaic Latin) and possibly related to Greek epi; it adds an emphatic or concessive force.

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

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