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jarasālāya

jarasālā

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

1. old hall; old shed

Built from

• jara — root · old age
  From √jṝ, the root expressing decay and the natural progression of years. Cognate with English 'year' and Greek gērá (old age).
• sālā — stem · hall, dwelling
  From √sṝ (to spread, extend), denoting a built structure that extends and encloses space. Cognate with Latin serere (to sow) and distantly with English 'sore'.
• -ya — ending · oblique case marker
  Combines with the feminine noun to form instrumental, dative, ablative, and genitive singular forms in the a-stem declension.

Analysis. jara (old age) + sālā (hall, dwelling), a compound noun meaning 'hall of old age' or 'place where the aged dwell'; the -ya ending marks oblique case inflection.

Etymology. jara is from √jṝ (to grow old), cognate with English 'year' and Greek gērā (old age); sālā is from √sṝ (to spread, extend), cognate with Latin serere (to sow) and English 'sore' (originally spread out, stretched). The compound depicts a physical space—a dwelling place—associated with aging and deterioration.

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

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