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jimheyyāni

jimheyya

nt nom pl of jimheyya (noun); nt acc pl of jimheyya (noun); nt voc pl of jimheyya (noun)

1. crookedness; dishonesty; subterfuge

Built from

• jim(bh) — root · bend, twist
  The root √jambh- (or √jimbh-) means to bend or distort. The dental has been elided before the -eyya suffix. Sanskrit jambha- similarly denotes jaw or anything that bends/grips.
• eyya — ending · quality, action
  Suffix marking an abstract noun or quality derived from a verbal root. In this context it nominalize the verbal notion of bending into the state or condition of crookedness.

Etymology. Derived from the verbal root √jambh- (to bend, twist, distort), cognate with Sanskrit jambha- (jaw, distortion) and possibly Latin lambere (to bend around). The suffix -eyya marks a quality or abstract noun derived from verbal action, creating the sense of the action or state of bending/twisting, hence crookedness in the literal and moral senses.

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

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