nt instr sg of lohita (noun); masc instr sg of lohita (adj); nt instr sg of lohita (adj)
Etymology. From the root √luh (to pluck, tear away, wound), related to Sanskrit lohita 'red, blood'. The semantic shift from 'torn' or 'wounded' to 'blood' is natural: blood as what is torn from the body, or as the mark of wounding. Sanskrit lohita cognates with Greek leuké 'whiteness' via an older root sense of 'gleaming' or 'shining' (compare the bright red of fresh blood). No clear cognate in English or Latin, though the sense of 'red' from 'raw wound' parallels the etymology of 'sanguine' (Latin sanguis) via Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- 'to sweat, bleed'.
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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