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iriyāya

iriyā

fem instr sg of iriyā (noun); fem dat sg of iriyā (noun); fem abl sg of iriyā (noun); fem gen sg of iriyā (noun); …

1. posture; deportment; lit. movement
2. conduct; behaviour; way of living; lit. movement
3. movement; motion

Built from

• iri — root · move, go
  The root denotes physical motion and flow. Cognate with Sanskrit ṛ (to move, flow) and possibly Latin ire (to go), reflecting the Indo-European root *ei- (to go).
• yā — ending · abstract noun (feminine)
  This suffix derives abstract nouns of action and manner from roots, particularly in the feminine gender. Here it transforms the root's concrete sense of motion into the noun iriyā, 'movement' or 'manner of moving'.

Etymology. From √iri (to move, go), related to Sanskrit ṛ (to move, flow); the suffix -yā forms abstract nouns of action and manner. The root's concrete sense of motion underwrites the extended meanings of bodily posture (habitual movement-pattern) and conduct (the way one moves through life).

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

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