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karahaci

indeclinable

1. at some time; at any time

Built from

• ka — prefix · who, which, what
  Interrogative and indefinite marker (related to Latin quis, Greek tis). Here combined with ra- to form the opaque first element.
• ra — stem · (obscure)
  Part of archaic or rare compounding stem; sense unclear.
• ha — stem · emphatic
  Particle lending force or emphasis; appears in constructions like haci.
• ci — ending · or, ever (disjunctive)
  Enclitic particle marking indefiniteness and disjunction; used to generalize or create the sense 'whenever, at any time whatsoever'.

Analysis. kara + haci; the first element is obscure, possibly from kara- (hand, action, or the interrogative ka-), the second from ha- (emphatic) + ci (enclitic disjunctive particle, 'or, ever'). Whole sense: 'at some action-time' or 'whenever'.

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

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