gahapatayo

gahapati

masc nom pl of gahapati (noun); masc acc pl of gahapati (noun); masc voc pl of gahapati (noun)

householder; landowner; lit. house master

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gaha — root · house
From √gah 'to dwell'. Cognate with Sanskrit gṛha and possibly Latin hortus 'enclosed garden'; the root sense is enclosure or dwelling.
pati — root · master, lord
From √pa 'to protect, rule'. Cognate with Sanskrit pati and Latin paterfamilias; conveys dominion and guardianship over a domain.

Analysis. gaha + pati: gaha (house) + pati (master, lord); the householder as master of his household estate

Etymology. gaha from √gah (to dwell; related to Sanskrit gṛha, Latin hortus 'garden', and English 'yard'); pati from √pa (to protect, rule; cognate with Latin paterfamilias, Sanskrit pati 'lord, husband'). The compound preserves the concrete sense of one who rules over and dwells in a house.

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

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