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kodhano

kodhana

masc nom sg of kodhana (adj)

1. angry; irritable; cranky; crotchety

Built from

• kodh — root · to rage, be angry
  The emotional core; the root appears in kodha (anger) and Sanskrit krodha. Originally referred to the intense feeling rising in the chest.
• ana — ending · characterized by, prone to
  Adjectival or agentive suffix forming an adjective meaning 'one who habitually does or is X'; here, 'one characterized by anger'.

Etymology. From √kodh (to be angry, rage); cognate with Sanskrit krodha (anger, wrath), both from Indo-European *kwerdh- (heart, feeling). The suffix -ana makes an agent noun or adjective ('one who is characterized by'). The root's concrete image is the surge or swelling of emotion in the heart.

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

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