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kuhanā

kuhana

nt nom pl of kuhana (noun); nt instr sg of kuhana (noun); nt abl sg of kuhana (noun); nt voc sg of kuhana (noun); …

1. kuhana (nt): cheating; deceiving; misleading; creating a false impression
2. kuhanā (fem): cheating; deceiving; misleading; creating a false impression

Built from

• kuh — root · hide, cover
  Concrete image of concealing or covering something. Related to Latin cavus 'hollow' and English 'cave', from the root sense of enclosed or hidden space.
• ana — ending · action noun suffix
  Forms abstract nouns denoting the action or result of the root verb. Here it nominalizes the sense of hiding into the act of deception.

Etymology. From √kuh 'to hide, cover' (Sanskrit kuh-; cognate with English 'cave' < Latin cavus 'hollow'). The suffix -ana forms action nouns. The sense develops from the concrete image of hiding or concealing (as in a cave) to the abstract notion of concealment of truth — deception.

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

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